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CLASSIFICATION 


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SUBJECT  INDEX, 


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PREFACE. 


The  plan  of  the  following  Classification  and  Index  was  developed  early  in 
1873.  It  was  the  result  of  several  months  study  of  library  economy  as  found  in 
some  hundreds  of  books  and  pamphlets,  and  in  over  fifty  personal  visits  to  various 
American  libraries.  In  this  study,  the  author  became  convinced  that  the  useful 
ness  of  these  libraries  might  be  greatly  increased  without  additional  expenditure. 
Three  years  practical  use  of  the  system  here  explained,  leads  him  to  believe 
that  it  will  accomplish , this  result  ;  for  with  its  aid,  the  catalogues,  shelf  lists, 
indexes,  and  cross-references  essential  to  this  increased  usefulness,  can  be  made 
more  economically  than  by  any  other  method  which  he  has  been  able  to  find. 
The  system  was  devised  for  cataloguing  and  indexing  purposes,  but  it  was 
found  on  trial  to  be  equally  valuable  for  numbering  and  arranging  books  and 
pamphlets  on  the  shelves. 

The  library  is  first  divided  into  nine  special  libraries  which  are  called  Classes. 
These  Classes  are  Philosophy,  Theology,  &c.,  and  are  numbered  with  the  nine 
digits.  Thus  Class  9  is  the  Library  of  History;  Class  7,  the  Library  of  Fine 
Art;  Class  2,  the  Library  of  Theology.  These  special  libraries  or  Classes  are 
then  considered  independently,  and  each  one  is  separated  again  into  nine  special 
Divisions  of  the  main  subject.  These  Divisions  are  numbered  from  1  to  9  as 
were  the  Classes.  Thus  59  is  the  9th  Division  (Zoology)  of  the  5th  Class  (Natu 
ral  Science).  A  final  division  is  then  made  by  separating  each  of  these  Divisions 
into  nine  Sections  which  are  numbered  in  the  same  way,  with  the  nine  digits. 
Thus  513  is  the  3d  Section  (Geometry)  of  the  1st  Division  (Mathematics)  of  the 
5th  Class  (Natural  Science).  This  number,  giving  Class,  Division,  and  Section,  is 
called  the  Classification  or  Class  Number,  and  is  applied  to  every  book  or  pamphlet 
belonging  to  the  library.  All  the  Geometries  are  thus  numbered  513,  all  the 
Mineralogies  549,  and  so  throughout  the  library,  all  the  books  on  any  given  sub 
ject  bear  the  number  of  that  subject  in  the  scheme.  Where  a  0  occurs  in  a  class 
number,  it  has  its  normal  zero  power.  Thus,  a  book  numbered  510,  is  Class  5, 
Division  1,  but  no  Section.  This  signifies  that  the  book  treats  of  the  Division  51 
(Mathematics)  in  general,  and  is  not  limited  to  any  one  Section,  as  is  the  Geome 
try,  marked  513.  If  marked  500,  it  would  indicate  a  treatise  on  Science  in  gen 
eral,  limited  to  no  Division.  A  zero  occurring  in  the  first  place  would  in  the  same 
way  show  that  the  book  is  limited  to  no  Class.  The  classification  is  mainly  made 


by  subjects  or  content  regardless  of  form;  but  it  is  found  practically  useful  to 
make  an  additional  distinction  in  these  general  treatises,  according  to  the  form 
of  treatment  adopted.  Thus,  in  Science  we  have  a  large  number  of  books 
treating  of  Science  in  general,  and  so  having  a  0  for  the  Division  number. 
These  books  are  then  divided  into  Sections,  as  are  those  of  the  other  Classes 
according  to  the  form  they  have  taken  on.  We  have  the  Philosophy  and  History 
of  Science,  Scientific  Compends,  Dictionaries,  Essays,  Periodicals,  Societies, 
Education,  and  Travels, — all  having  the  common  subject,  NATURAL  SCIENCE,  but 
treating-  it  in  these  varied  forms.  These  form  distinctions  are  introduced  here 
because  the  number  of  general  works  is  large,  and  the  numerals  allow  of  this 
division,  without  extra  labor  for  the  numbers  from  501  to  509  would  otherwise 
be  unused.  They  apply  only  to  the  general  treatises,  which,  •  without  them, 
would  'have  a  class  number  ending  with  two  zeros.  A  Dictionary  of  Mathe 
matics  is  510,  not  503,  for  every  book  is  assigned  to  the  most  specific  head  that 
will  contain  it,  so  that  503  is  limited  to  Dictionaries  or  Cyclopedias  of  Science  in 
general  In  the  same  way  a  General  Cyclopedia  or  Periodical  treats  of  no  one 
class,  and  so  is  assigned  to  the  Class  0.  These  books  treating  of  no  special  class, 
but  general  in  their  character,  are  divided  into  Cyclopedias,  Periodicals,  etc.  No 
difficulty  is  found  in  following  the  arithmetical  law.  and  omitting  the  initial  zero, 
so  these  numbers  are  printed  31,  32,  etc.,  instead  of  031,  032,  etc. 

The  selection  and  arrangement  of  the  thousand  headings  of  the  classification 
cannot  be  explained  in  detail  for  want  of  space.  In  all  the  work,  philosophical 
theory  and  accuracy  have  been  made  to  yield  to  practical  usefulness.  The  impos 
sibility  of  making  a  satisfactory  classification  of  all  knowledge  as  preserved  in 
books,  has  been  appreciated  from  the  first,  and  nothing  of  the  kind  attempted. 
Theoretical  harmony  and  exactness  has  been  repeatedly  sacrificed  to  the  practical 
requirements  of  the  library  or  to  the  convenience  of  the  department  in  the  college. 
As  in  every  scheme,  many  minor  subjects  have  been  put  under  general  heads  to 
which  they  do  not  strictly  belong.  In  some  cases  these  headings  have  been 
printed  in  a  distinctive  type,  e.  g.,  429  Saxoil,  under  ENGLISH  PHILOLOGY. 
The  rule  has  been  to  assign  these  subjects  to  the  most  nearly  allied  heads,  or 
where  it  was  thought  they  would  be  most  useful.  The  only  alternative  was  to 
omit  them  altogether.  If  any  such  omission  occurs,  it  is  unintentional  and  will 
be  supplied  as  soon  as  discovered.  Wherever  practicable  the  heads  have  been  so 
arranged  that  each  subject  is  preceded  and  followed  by  the  most  nearly  allied 
subjects  and  thus  the  greatest  convenience  is  secured  both  in  the  catalogues  and 
on  the  shelves.  Theoretically,  the  division  of  every  subject  into  just  nine 
heads  is  absurd.  Practically,  it  is  desirable  that  the  classification  be  as  minute 
as  possible  without  the  use  of  additional  figures,  and  the  decimal  principle 
on  which  our  scheme  hinges  allows  nine  divisions  as  readily  as  a  less  num 
ber.  This  principle  has  proved  wholly  satisfactory  in  practice  though  it  appears 
to  destroy  proper  co-ordination  in  some  places.  It  has  seemed  best  in  our 
library  to  use  uniformly  three  figures  in  the  class  number.  This  enables  us 


to  classify  certain  subjects  very  minutely,  giving,  for  example,  an  entire  section 
to  Chess.  But  the  History  of  England  has  only  one  section,  as  our  scheme  is 
developed,  and  thus  the  two  might  be  said  to  be  co-ordinated.  The  apparent 
difficulty  in  such  cases  is  entirely  obviated  by  the  use  of  a  fourth  figure,  giving 
nine  sub-sections  to  any  subject  of  sufficient  importance  to  warrant  closer  classifi 
cation.  In  history  where  the  classification  is  made  wholly  by  countries,  a  fourth 
figure  is  added  to  give  a  division  into  periods.  As  the  addition  of  each  figure 
gives  a  ten  fold  division,  any  desired  degree  of  minuteness  may  be  secured  in 
the  classing  of  special  subjects.  The  apparent  lack  of  co-ordination  arises  from 
the  fact  that  only  the  first  three  figures  of  these  more  important  heads  are  as 
yet  printed,  the  fourth  figure  and  the  sub-sections  being  supplied  on  the  cata 
logues  in  manuscript.  Should  the  growth  of  any  of  these  sub-sections  warrant 
it,  a  fifth  figure  will  be  added,  for  the  scheme  admits  of  expansion  without  limit. 
The  arrangment  of  headings  has  been  sometimes  modified  to  secure  a  mnemonic 
aid  in  numbering  and  finding  books  without  the  Index.  For  instance,  the  scheme 
is  so  arranged  that  China  has  always  the  number  1.  In  Ancient  His 
tory,  it  has  the  first  section,  931:  in  Modern  History,  under  Asia,  it  has  951:  in 
Philology,  the  Chinese  language  appears  as  491.  After  the  same  manner  the 
Indian  number  is  2  ;  Egyptian,  4 ;  English,  2  ;  German,  3  ;  French,  4  ;  Italian,  5; 
Spanish..  6;  European,  4  ;  Asian,  5  ;  African,  6  ;  North  American,  7  ;  South 
American,  8  ;  and  so  for  all  the  divisions  by  languages  or  countries.  The  Italian 
5,  for  instance,  will  be  noticed  in  35,  55,  450,  755,  850,  and  945.  This  mnemonic 
principle  is  specially  prominent  in  Philology  and  Literature  and  their  divisions,  and 
in  the  form  distinctions  used  in  the  first  9  sections  of  each  class.  Materials,  Methods, 
or  Theory  occurring  anywhere  as  a  head,  bears  always  the  number  1.  Dictionaries 
and  Cyclopedias,  3 ;  Essays,  4 ;  Periodicals,  5 ;  Associations,  Institutions,  and  Socie 
ties,  6 ;  Education,  7 ;  Collections,  9.  In  the  numerous  cases  where  several  minor 
heads  have  been  grouped  together  under  the  head  Other,  it  always  bears  the  num 
ber  9.  Wherever  practicable,  this  principle  is  carried  out  in  sub-dividing  the 
sections.  For  instance,  the  Geology  of  North  America,  which  bears  the  number 
557  is  sub-divided  by  adding  the  sections  of  970  (History  of  North  America). 
The  Geology  of  Mexico  then  bears  the  number  5578  :  mnemonically, 
the  first  5  is  the  Science  number  ;  the  second  5,  Geology  ;  the  7,  North  America  ; 
and  the  8,  Mexico.  Any  library  attendant  or  reader  after  using  the  scheme  a 
short  time  will  recognize  at  a  glance,  any  catalogue  d!1  ledger  entry,  book  or  pam 
phlet,  marked  5578  as  something  on  the  Geology  of  Mexico.  Users  of  the 
scheme  will  notice  this  mnemonic  principle  in  several  hundred  places  in  the 
classification,  and  will  find  it  of  great  practical  utility  in  numbering  and  finding 
books  without  the  aid  of  Catalogue  or  Index,  and  in  determining  the  character  of 
any  book  simply  from  its  call  number  as  recorded  on  the  book,  on  all  its  catalogue 
and  cross  reference  cards,  on  the  ledger,  and  in  the  check  box. 

In  naming  the  headings,  brevity  has  been  secured  in  many  cases  at  the  sacri 
fice  of  exactness.     It  was  thought  more  important  to  have  short,  familiar  titles 


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for  the  headings  than  that  the  names  given  should  express  with  fullness  and 
exactness  the  character  of  all  books  catalogued  under  them.  Many  subjects, 
apparently  omitted,  will  be  found  in  the  Index,  assigned,  with  allied  subjects,  to 
a  heading  which  bears  the  name  of  the  most  important  only.  Reference  to  this 
Subject  Index  will  decide  at  once  any  doubtful  points. 

In  arranging  books  in  the  classification,  as  in  filling  out  the  scheme,  practical 
usefulness  has  been  esteemed  the  most  important  thing.  The  effort  has  been  to 
put  each  book  under  the  subject  to  the  student  of  which  it  would  be  most  useful. 
The  content  or  the  real  subject  of  which  a  book  treats,  and  not  the  form  or  the 
accidental  wording  of  the  title,  determines  its  place.  Following  this  rule,  a  Phi 
losophy  of  Art  is  put  with  Art,  not  with  Philosophy;  a  History  of  Mathematics, 
with  Mathematics,  not  with  History;  for  the  philosophy  and  history  are  simply 
the  form  which  these  books  have  taken.  The  true  content  or  subject  is  Art,  and 
Mathematics,  and  to  the  student  of  these  subjects  they  are  most  useful.  The 
predominant  tendency  or  obvious  purpose  of  the  book,  usually  decides  its  class 
number  at  once ;  still  many  books  treat  of  two  or  more  different  subjects,  and 
in  such  cases  it  is  assigned  to  the  place  where  it  will  be  most  useful,  and 
underneath  the  class  number  are  written  the  numbers  of  any  other  subjects 
on  which  it  also  treats.  These  Cross  References  are  given  both  on  the  plate 
and  the  subject  card  as  well  as  on  the  cross  reference  card.  If  a  book  treats  of  a 
majority  of  the  sections  of  any  division,  it  is  given  the  Division  number  instead 
of  the  most  important  Section  number  with  cross  references. 

Collected  works,  libraries,  etc.,  are  either  kept  together  and  assigned  like 
individual  books  to  the  most  specific  head  that  will  contain  them;  or  assigned  to 
the  most  prominent  of  the  various  subjects  on  which  they  treat  with  cross  refer 
ences  from  the  others;  or  are  separated  and  the  parts  classed  as  independent 
works.  Translations  are  classed  with  their  originals. 

The  Alphabetical  Subject  Index  is  designed  to  guide,  both  in  numbering  and 
in  finding  the  books.  In  numbering,  the  most  specific  head  that  will  contain 
the  book  having  been  determined,  reference  to  that  head  in  the  Index  will  give 
the  class  number  to  which  it  should  be  assigned.  In  finding  books  on  any  given 
subject,  reference  to  the  Index  will  give  the  number  under  which  they  are  to  be 
sought  on  the  shelves,  in  the  Shelf  Catalogue,  or  in  the  Subject  Catalogue.  The 
Index  gives  after  each  subject  the  number  of  the  class  to  which  it  is  assigned. 
Most  names  of  countries,  'towns,  animals,  plants,  minerals,  diseases,  &c.,  have 
been  omitted,  the  aim  being  to  furnish  an  Index  of  Subjects  on  which  books 
are  written,  and  not  a  Gazetteer  or  a  Dictionary  of  all  the  nouns  in  the  language. 
Such  subjects  will  be  found  as  special  chapters  or  sections  of  books  on  the 
subjects  given  in  the  Index.  The  names  of  individual  subjects  of  biographies 
will  be  found  in  the  Class  List  of  Biography.  Omissions  of  any  of  the  more 
general  subjects  will  be  supplied  when  brought  to  notice. 

In  arranging  the  books  on  the  shelves,  the  absolute  location  by  shelf  and  book 
number  is  wholly  abandoned,  the  relative  location  by  class  and  book  number 


being  one  of  the  most  valuable  features  of  the  plan.  The  class  number  serves 
also  as  the  location  number  and  the  shelf  number  in  common  use  is  entirely  dis 
pensed  with.  Accompanying  the  class  number  is  the  look  number,  which  pre 
vents  confusion  of  different  books  on  the  same  subject.  Thus  the  first  Geometry 
catalogued  is  marked  513-1  ;  the  second  513-2,  and  so  on  to  any  extent,  the  last 
number  showing  how  many  books  the  library  has  on  that  subject.  The  books  of 
each  section  are  all  together,  and  arranged  by  book  numbers,  and  these  sections 
are  also  arranged  in  simple  numerical  order  throughout  the  library.  The  call 
number  513-11  signifies  not  the  llth  book  on  shelf  513;  or  alcove  5,  range 
1,  shelf  3,  as  in  most  libraries,  but  signifies  the  llth  book  in  subject  513  or  the 
llth  Geometry  belonging  to  the  library.  In  finding  the  book,  the  printed  num 
bers  on  the  backs  are  followed,  the  upper  being  the  class  and  the  lower  the  book 
number.  The  class  is  found  in  its  numerical  order  among  the  classes  as  the  shelf 
is  found  in  the  ordinary  system :  the  book  in  its  numerical  order  in  the  class. 
The  shelves  are  not  numbered,  as  the  increase  of  different  departments,  the  open 
ing  of  new  rooms,  and  any  arrangement  of  classes  to  bring  the  books  most  circu 
lated  nearest  to  the  delivery  desk,  will  bring  different  class  numbers  on  a  given 
shelf.  New  books  as  received  are  numbered  and  put  into  place,  in  the  same  way 
that  new  titles  are  added  to  the  card  catalogue. 

The  single  digit  occasionally,  prefixed  to  the  book  number,  e.  g.  the  3  in  421-3-7 
is  the  nearest  height  in  decimeters  of  books  too  large  to  be  put  on  the  regular 
library  shelves,  which  are  only  2J  decimeters  apart.  The  great  mass  of  the 
library  consists  of  2-decimeter  books,  the  size  numbers  of  which  are  omitted. 
Books  from  2J  to  3^  decimeters  in  height  have  3  prefixed  to  the  book  number, 
and  are  found  on  the  bottom  shelf  of  each  range.  The  larger  sizes  are  prefixed 
with  4,  5,  &c.,  and  are  found  on  the  special  shelves  provided,  in  order  to  avoid 
the  great  waste  of  space  otherwise  occasioned  by  the  relative  location.  By  this 
use  of  the  size  numbers  a  close  economy  of  space  is  secured. 

Thus  all  the  books  on  any  given  subject  are  found  standing  together,  and  no 
additions  or  changes  ever  separate  them.  Not  only  are  all  the  books  on  the  sub 
ject  sought,  found  together,  but  the  most  nearly  allied  subjects  precede  and  follow, 
they  in  turn  being  preceded  and  followed  by  other  allied  subjects  as  far  as 
practicable.  Readers  not  having  access  to  the  shelves  find  the  short  titles  arranged 
in  the  same  order  on  the  Shelf  Catalogue,  and  the  full  titles,  imprints,  cross  refer 
ences,  notes.  &c.,  on  the  Subject  Catalogue.  The  uncatalogued  pamphlets  treating 
of  any  subject  bear  the  same  class  number  and  are  arranged  on  the  shelves  imme 
diately  after  the  books  of  each  section. 

In  both  the  Author's  Catalogue  and  the  Subject  Index,  brevity  has  been  stud 
ied  because  of  the  economy,  but  more  because  of  the  much  greater  ease  of  refer 
ence  to  a  short  title  catalogue.  The  custom  of  giving  full  titles,  etc.,  under 
authors,  and  only  references  or  very  brief  titles  under  subjects,  has  been  reversed. 
A  reader  seeking  a  book  of  a  known  author,  in  the  vast  majority  of  cases,  wants 
simply  the  number  by  which  to  call  for  it,  and  can  find  it  much  quicker  in  a  brief 


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title  catalogue.  In  the  rare  cases  where  more  is  needed  the  class  number  refers 
instantly  to  all  these  facts  on  the  cards.  On  the  other  hand,  a  reader  seeking 
books  on  a  known  subject,  needs  the  full  title,  imprint,  cross-references,  and  notes, 
to  enable  him  to  choose  the  book  best  suited  to  his  wants. 

The  Subject  Catalogue  is  a  full  title  Shelf  List  on  cards  and  is  for  the  use  of 
the  public.  The  Shelf  List  is  a  short  title  Subject  Catalogue  in  book  form,  made 
of  separate  sheets  laced  into  an  Emerson  binder,  and  is  for  official  use.  We  thus 
have  without  extra  labor,  both  full  and  short  title  Subject  Catalogues  and  Shelf 
Lists.  The  public  Authors'  Catalogue  is  a  printed  volume  ;  the  official  Authors' 
Catalogue  or  Index  is  on  cards.  As  a  result  each  of  the  public  Catalogues  is 
checked  by  an  official  Catalogue;  each  of  the  card  Catalogues  by  a  book  Cata 
logue  ;  each  of  the  brief  title  catalogues  by  a  full  title  catalogue — an  advantage 
that  will  be  appreciated  by  all  librarians  desiring  accuracy  of  administration  and 
catalogues. 

The  arabic  numerals  can  be  written  and  found  quicker,  and  with  less  danger  of 
confusion  or  mistake,  than  any  other  symbols  whatever.  Therefore  the  Eoman 
numerals,  capitals  and  small  letters,  and  similar  symbols  usually  found  in  systems  of 
classification  are  entirely  discarded  and  by  the  exclusive  use  of  Arabic  numerals  in 
their  regular  order  throughout  the  shelves,  classifications,  indexes,  catalogues  and 
records,  there  is  secured  the  greatest  accuracy,  economy,  and  convenience.  This 
advantage  is  specially  prominent  in  comparison  with  systems  where  the  name  of 
the  author  or  the  title  must  be  written  in  calling  for  or  charging  books  and  in 
making  references. 

Throughout  the  catalogues  the  number  of  a  book  shows  not  only  where  it  is  but 
what  it  is.  On  the  library  accounts  the  character  of  each  person's  reading  is 
clearly  indicated  by  the  numbers  charged,  and  the  minutest  statistics  of  circula 
tion  in  any  subject  are  made  by  simply  counting  the  call  slips  in  the  check  box, 
and  recording  the  number  against  the  class  number  in  the  record. 

By  the  use  of  size  numbers  the  greatest  possible  economy  of  space  may  be 
secured,  for  the  size  distinction  may  be  made  for  every  inch  or  even  less  if  desired, 
and  this  without  additional  labor,  as  it  will  be  seen  that  the  size  figure,  when  intro 
duced,  requires  one  less  figure  in  the  book  number,  and  so  does  not  increase  the 
number  of  digits  as  would  at  first  appear. 

Farts  of  sets,  and  books  on  the  same  or  allied  subjects,  are  never  separated  as 
they  are  sure  to  be,  sooner  or  later,  in  every  library  arranged  on  the  common  plan, 
unless  it  be  frequently  re-arranged  and  re-catalogued.  The  great  expense  of  this 
re-cataloguing  makes  it  impracticable  except  for  a  few  very  wealthy  libraries. 
In  this  system  the  catalogue  and  book  numbers  remain  unchanged  through  all 
changes  of  shelving,  buildings,  or  arrangement.  In  addition  to  its  own  peculiar 
merits,  this  plan  has  all  the  advantages  of  the  card  catalogue  principle  and  of 
the  relative  location,  which  have  been  used  and  very  strongly  approved  by  promi 
nent  libraries. 

As  in  the  card  catalogue  system  there  is  room  for  indefinite  expansion  without 


devices  or  provisions.  Space  is  the  only  requisite  and  if  the  shelf  room  is 
exhausted,  the  floor  space  is  equally  good,  except  for  the  inconvenience  of 
stooping. 

Some  prominent  opponents  of  classed  catalogues  have  admitted  that  the  Subject 
Index,  in  deciding  where  to  class  a  book  at  first,  and  where  to  look  for  it"  ever 
afterwards,  has  removed  their  strongest  objections.  Certainly  it  would  be  im 
possible  to  make  an  Index  more  cheaply  or  more  easy  of  reference,  it  being  a 
single  alphabet,  of  single  words,  followed  by  single  numbers. 

These  class  numbers  applied  to  pamphlets  have  proved  specially  satisfactory. 
The  number  is  written  on  the  upper  left  corner  and  the  pamphlets  are  arranged 
either  in  pamphlet  cases  with  the  books  on  the  same  subject  or  on  special 
shelves  divided  every  decimeter  by  perpendicular  sections.  As  each  pamphlet  is 
examined  when  received  into  the  library,  it  is  the  work  of  a  single  moment  to 
pencil  on  it  its  class  number.  There  is  no  expense  whatever  incurred,  and  yet 
the  entire  pamphlet  resources  of  the  library  on  any  subject  can  be  produced 
almost  instantly.  The  immense  advantages  of  this  plan  over  those  in  common 
use,  both  in  economy  and  usefulness,  will  be  appreciated  by  every  librarian  caring 
for  a  pamphlet  collection.  A  catalogue  of  authors  may  be  made  on  slips  if 
desired.  The  pamphlets  themselves  are  the  best  Subject  Catalogue. 

Though  designed  wholly  for  library  use,  the  plan  has  proved  of  great  service 
in  preserving  newspaper  clippings  in  large  envelopes  arranged  by  class  numbers; 
and  more  especially  in  taking  the  place  of  the  common  note-book  and  Index- Rerum. 
Slips  of  uniform  size  are  used  with  the  class  number  of  the  subject  written  on  the 
corner.  Minute  alphabetical  headings  are  used  under  each  class  number,  the 
slips  being  arranged  in  numerical  order  like  the  Subject  Card  Catalogue.  Clip 
pings  and  notes  arranged  in  this  way  are  at  all  times  their  own  complete  index,  and 
have  the  same  advantages  over  the  common  scrap  and  note-books  that  the  Sub 
ject  Catalogue  has  over  the  Accessions  Book,  in  looking  up  the  resources  of  the 
library  on  any  given  subject.  Those  who  have  tried  this  method  are  so  enthusi 
astic  in  its  praise  that  it  seemed  worthy  of  mention  in  this  place. 

The  plan  was  adopted  in  the  Amherst  College  Library  in  1873,  and  the  work 
of  transferring  the  entire  library  to  the  new  catalogue  at  once  commenced.  It 
was  found  entirely  practicable  to  make  the  change  gradually,  as  means  allowed, 
without  interfering  in  any  appreciable  degree  with  the  circulation  of  the  books. 
The  three  years  trial  to  which  it  has  been  there  subjected  has  more  than  justified 
the  claims  of  its  friends,  and  it  is  now  printed  with  the  more  confidence  on  this 
account.  It  has  been  kept  in  manuscript  up  to  this  time,  in  order  that  the  many 
minor  details  might  be  subjected  to  actual  trial  and  modified  where  improvement 
was  possible.  The  labor  involved  in  preparing  the  Classification  and  Index  has 
been  wholly  beyond  the  appreciation  of  any  who  have  never  attempted  a  similar 
task.  Much  valuable  aid  has  been  rendered  by  specialists  in  many  departments, 
and  nearly  every  member  of  the  Faculty  has  given  advice  from  time  to  time. 
Among  the  many  to  whom  thanks  are  due,  special  mention  should  be  made  of 
2 


10 

Mr.  C.  A.  Cutter,  the  librarian  of  the  Boston  Athenaeum,  and  Prof.  John  Fiske, 
of  the  Harvard  University  library  for  valuable  suggestions  and  appreciative  crit 
icism.  "While  these  friends  are  in  no  way  responsible  for  any  remaining  imperfec 
tions  in  the  scheme,  they  should  have  credit  for  many  improvements  which  have 
been "  made  during  these  three  years  of  revision.  The  essential  character  of 
the  plan  has  remained  unchanged  from  the  first.  Doubtless  other  improvements 
are  still  possible,  and  it  is  hoped  that  users  of  the  scheme  will  call  attention  to  any 
proposed  change  in  the  naming  or  arrangement  of  the  headings,  or  to  any  omis 
sion  which  should  be  supplied  in  the  Subject  Index. 

Before  printing,  the  plan  was  submitted  to  quite  a  number  of  librarians  for 
criticism.  Among  the  hundreds  of  points  raised  as  to  its  practical  workings 
and  usefulness  there  was  only  one  in  which  it  was  not  shown  to  be  equal  or 
superior  to  any  other  system  known.  This  objection  applied  only  to  the  arrange 
ment  on  the  shelves ;  not  at  all  to  the  catalogues  or  indexes.  It  was,  that  in  this 
relative  location,  a  book  which  this  year  stands,  e.  g.,  at  the  end  of  a  certain  shelf, 
may  not  be  on  that  shelf  at  all  another  year,  because  of  the  uneven  growth  of 
the  parts  of  the  library;  This  slight  objection  inheres  in  any  system  where  the 
books  are  arranged  by  subjects  rather  than  by  windows,  doors,  shelves,  and  similar 
non-intellectual  distinctions. 

In  this  hurriedly  prepared  account  of  his  plan,  the  author  has  doubtless  failed 
to  meet  many  objections  which  may  be  raised  and  which  he  could  easily  answer. 
He  would  therefore  ask  the  privilege  of  replying  personally  to  any  such  objections, 
where  they  arise,  believing  that  it  will  be  possible  to  answer,  if  not  all,  at  least  a 
very  large  proportion. 

In  his  varied  reading,  correspondence,  and  conversation  on  the  subject,  the 
author  doubtless  received  suggestions  and  gained  ideas  which  it  is  now  impossible 
for  him  to  acknowledge.  Perhaps  the  most  fruitful  source  of  ideas  was  the  Nuovo 
Sistema  di  Catalogo  Bibliografico  Generale  of  Natale  Battezzati,  of  Milan.  Certainly 
he  is  indebted  to  this  system  adopted  by  the  Italian  publishers  in  1871,  though  he 
has  copied  nothing  from  it.  The  plan  of  the  St.  Louis  Public  School  Library, 
and  that  of  the  Apprentices'  Library  of  New  York,  which  in  some  respects  resem 
ble  his  own,  were  not  seen  till  all  the  essential  features  were  decided  upon,  though 
not  given  to  the  public.  In  filling  the  nine  classes  of  the  scheme  the  inverted 
Baconian  arrangement  of  the  St.  Louis  Library  has  been  followed.  The  author 
has  no  desire  to  claim  original  invention  for  any  part  of  his  system  where  another 
has  been  before  him,  and  would  most  gladly  make  specific  acknowledgment  of 
every  aid  and  suggestion  were  it  in  his  power  to  do  so.  With  these  general 
explanations  and  acknowledgments  he  submits  the  scheme,  hoping  it  may  prove 
as  useful  to  others  as  it  has  to  himself. 

AMHERST  COLLEGE  LIBRARY, 
June  10th,  1876. 

Those  interested   will  find  fuller  explanations  and  remarks  in   the  Library  volume  now  being 
printed  by  the  Bureau  of  Education  at  Washington. 


PHILOSOPHY, 
THEOLOGY, 
SOCIOLOGY, 
PHILOLOGY, 
NATURAL  SCIENCE, 
USEFUL  ARTS, 
FINE  ARTS, 
LITERATURE, 
HISTORY. 


DIVISIONS. 


o 

500 

Natn 

10 

BIBLIOGRAPHY. 

510 

MA- 

20 

BOOK  RARITIES. 

520 

AST 

30 

GENERAL  CYCLOPEDIAS. 

530 

PHI 

40 

POLYGRAPHY. 

540 

Cm 

50 

GENERAL  PERIODICALS. 

550 

GEC 

60 

GENERAL  SOCIETIES. 

560 

PAI 

70 

570 

Bio 

80 

580 

Boi 

90 

590 

Zoo 

100 

Philosophy. 

6OO 

Usef 

110 

METAPHYSICS. 

610 

MEI 

120 

620 

ENC 

130 

ANTHROPOLOGY. 

630 

AGI 

140 

SCHOOLS  OF  PSYCHOLOGY. 

640 

Don 

150 

MENTAL  FACULTIES. 

650 

Co* 

160 

LOGIC. 

660 

CHE 

170 

ETHICS. 

670 

MAI 

180 

ANCIENT  PHILOSOPHIES. 

680 

ME< 

190 

MODERN  PHILOSOPHIES. 

690 

Bui 

200 

Theology. 

700 

Fine 

210 

NATURAL  THEOLOGY. 

710 

LAN 

220 

BIBLE. 

720 

ARC 

230 

DOCTRINAL  THEOLOGY. 

730 

Scu 

240 

PRACTICAL  AND  DEVOTIONAL. 

740 

DRJ 

250 

HOMILETICAL   AND   PASTORAL. 

750 

PAI 

260 

INSTITUTIONS  AND  MISSIONS. 

760 

ENC 

270 

ECCLESIASTICAL  HISTORY. 

770 

PHC 

280 

CHRISTIAN  SECTS. 

780 

Mu. 

290 

NON-CHRISTIAN  RELIGIONS. 

790 

AMI 

300 

Sociology. 

§00 

Litei 

310 

STATISTICS. 

810 

TRI 

320 

POLITICAL  SCIENCE. 

820 

ENG 

330 

POLITICAL  ECONOMY. 

830 

GEI 

340 

LAW. 

840 

FRE 

350 

ADMINISTRATION. 

850 

ITA] 

360 

ASSOCIATIONS  AND  INSTITUTIONS. 

860 

SPA 

370 

EDUCATION. 

870 

LAT 

380 

COMMERCE  AND  COMMUNICATION. 

880 

GR* 

390 

CUSTOMS  AND  COSTUMES. 

890 

OTI 

400 

Philology. 

900 

Hist 

410 

COMPARATIVE. 

910 

GEC 

420 

ENGLISH. 

920 

Bio 

430 

GERMAN. 

930 

ANC 

440 

FRENCH. 

940 

450 

ITALIAN. 

950 

460 

SPANISH. 

960 

OJ 

470 

LATIN. 

970 

s 

480 

GREEK. 

980 

g 

490 

OTHER  LANGUAGES. 

990 

PALEONTOLOGY. 

BIOLOGY. 

BOTANY. 

ZOOLOGY. 

seful  Arts. 

MEDICINE. 

ENGINEERING. 

AGRICULTURE. 

DOMESTIC  ECONOMY. 

COMMUNICATION  AND  COMMERCE. 

CHEMICAL  TECHNOLOGY. 

MANUFACTURES. 

MECHANIC  TRADES. 

BUILDING. 

ine  Arts. 

LANDSCAPE  GARDENING. 

ARCHITECTURE. 

SCULPTURE. 

DRAWING  AND  DESIGN. 

PAINTING. 

ENGRAVING. 

PHOTOGRAPHY. 

Music. 

AMUSEMENTS. 

iterature. 

TREATISES  AND  COLLECTIONS. 

ENGLISH. 

GERMAN. 

FRENCH. 

ITALIAN. 

SPANISH. 

LATIN. 

GREEK. 

OTHER  LANGUAGES. 

[istory. 

GEOGRAPHY  AND  DESCRIPTION. 

BIOGRAPHY. 

ANCIENT  HISTORY. 

EUROPE. 

ASIA. 

AFRICA. 

NORTH  AMERICA. 

I'OUTH  AMERICA. 

OCEANICA  AND  POLAR  REGIONS. 


13 


o 

50 

General  Periodicals. 

1 

51 

American. 

2 

52 

English. 

3 

53 

German. 

4 

54 

French. 

5 

55 

Italian. 

6 

56 

Spanish. 

7 

57 

Sclavic. 

8 

58 

Scandinavian. 

9 

59 

Other. 

10 

Bibliography. 

60 

General  Societies. 

11 

General  Bibliographies. 

61 

American. 

12 

Special  Forms. 

62 

English. 

13 
14 

Manuscripts. 
Anonyms,  Pseudonyms. 

63 
64 

German. 
French. 

15 

Special  Countries. 

65 

Italian. 

16 

"        Subjects. 

66 

Spanish. 

17 

Subject  Catalogues. 

67 

Sclavic. 

18 

Authors            " 

68 

Scandinavian. 

19 

Library  Economy  and  Reports. 

69 

Other. 

20 

Book  Rarities. 

TO 

21 

Manuscripts. 

71 

22 

Block  Books. 

72 

23 

Early  Printed. 

73 

24 

Celebrated  Printers. 

74 

25 

Binders. 

75 

26 

Materials. 

76 

27 

Ownership. 

77 

28 

Prohibited. 

78 

29 

Other. 

79 

30 

General  Cyclopedias 

§0 

31 

American. 

81 

32 

English. 

82 

33 

German. 

83 

34 

French. 

84 

35 

Italian. 

85 

36 

Spanish. 

86 

37 

Sclavic. 

87 

38 

Scandinavian. 

88 

39 

Other. 

89 

40 

Polygraphy. 

90 

41 

American. 

91 

42 

English. 

92 

43 

German. 

93 

44 

French. 

94 

45 

Italian. 

95 

46 

Spanish. 

96 

47 

Sclavic. 

97 

48 

Scandinavian. 

98 

49 

Other. 

99 

14 


PHILOSOPHY. 


100 

Philosophy. 

101 

102 

Compends. 

103 

Dictionaries. 

104 

Essays. 

105 

Periodicals. 

106 

Societies. 

107 

Education. 

108 

109 

History. 

no 

metaphysics. 

111 

Ontology. 

112 

Methodology. 

113 

Cosmology. 

114 

, 

115 

116 

117 

118 

119 

120 

121 

122 

123 

124 

125 

126 

127 

128 

129 

13O 

131 

Mental  physiology  and  hygiene. 

132 

Mental  derangements. 

133 

Delusions,  witchcraft,  magic. 

134 

Mesmerism. 

135 

Sleep,  dreams,  somnambulism. 

136 

Sexes. 

137 

Temperaments. 

138 

Physiognomy. 

139 

Phrenology. 

14O 

Schools  of  Psychology. 

141 

Idealistic. 

142 

Critical. 

143 

Intuitive. 

144 

Empirical. 

145 

Sensational. 

146 

Materialistic. 

147 

Pantheistic. 

148 

Eclectic. 

149 

Other. 

150 

151 
152 
153 
154 
155 
156 
157 
158 
159 

160 
161 
162 
163 
164 
165 
166 
167 
168 
169 

170 
171 
172 
173 
174 
175 
176 
177 
178 
179 


mental  Faculties 

Intellect. 
Sense. 

Understanding. 
Memory. 
Reason. 
Imagination. 
Susceptibility. 
Instincts. 
Will. 
Logic. 
Inductive. 
Deductive. 
Assent. 


181 
182 
183 
184 
185 
186 
187 
188 
189 
190 
191 
192 
193 
194 
195 
196 
197 
198 
199 


Ethics. 

Theoretical. 

State. 

Family. 

Business. 

Amusements.      7^ 

Sexual. 

Social. 

Temperance. 

Other. 
Ancient  Philosophies. 

Oriental. 

Early  Greek. 

Sophistic  and  Socratic. 

Platonic. 

Aristotelian. 

Pyrrhonist  and  New  Platonist. 

Epicurean. 

Stoic. 

Patristic. 
modern  Philosophies. 

American. 

English. 

German. 

French. 

Italian. 

Spanish. 

Arabian. 

Scholastic. 

Other. 


15 
THEOLOGY. 


200 

Theology. 

25O 

Homiletical  and  Pastoral 

201 

Philosophy 

251 

Homiletics. 

202 

Compends. 

252 

Sermons. 

203 

Dictionaries. 

253 

Doctrinal. 

204 

Essays. 

254 

Practical. 

205 

Periodicals. 

255 

Religion  and  Science. 

206 

Societies. 

256 

Political. 

207 

Education. 

257 

Ordination. 

208 

258 

Expository. 

209 

History. 

259 

Commemorative  . 

210 

Natural  Theology. 

260 

Institutions  and  missions. 

211 

Theism  and  Atheism. 

261 

Church. 

212 

Pantheism. 

262 

Ecclesiastical  polity. 

213 

Creation.         JWf^tix  d-^xi 

263 

Sabbath. 

214 

Providence. 

264 

Baptism. 

215 

Religion  and  science. 

265 

Lord's  Supper. 

216 

Evil. 

266 

Missions. 

217 

Prayer. 

267 

Foreign. 

/*~    218 

Putu're  Life. 

268 

Sunday  schools. 

219 

ft  y">rv  boT^TiV 

269 

Revivals. 

220 

Bible. 

270 

Ecclesiastical  History. 

221 

Old  Testament. 

271 

Religious  orders. 

222 

Historical  books. 

272 

Persecutions. 

223 

Poetical        " 

273 

Doctrines. 

224 

Prophetical  " 

274 

Europe. 

225 

New  Testament. 

275 

Asia. 

226 

Gospels  and  Acts. 

276 

Africa. 

227 

Epistles.                                       1  *j 

277 

North  America. 

228 

Apocalypse. 

278 

South  America. 

229 

Apocrypha. 

279 

Oceanica. 

23O 

Doctrinal. 

280 

Christian  Sects. 

231 

God. 

281 

Oriental. 

232 

Christ. 

282 

Roman  Catholic. 

233 

Man. 

283 

English  and  Protestant  Episcopal. 

234 

Salvation. 

284 

Presbyterian. 

235 

Angels. 

285 

Congregational. 

236 

Death  and  resurrection. 

286 

Baptist. 

237 

Future  state. 

287 

Methodist. 

238 
239 

feepiration  .              ^                           * 
Apologetics  —  tT/V(4M<eu   ft  &W*. 

jf 

288 
289 

Unitarian  and  Universalist. 
Other  Christian  sects. 

24O 

Practical  and  Devotional. 

29O 

Non-Christian  Religions. 

241 

Didactic.   —-  Co^fa^rvcd  WlA 

291 

Comparative  mythology. 

242 

Meditative. 

292 

Greek  and  Roman  mythology. 

243 

Hortatory. 

293 

Norse  mythology. 

244 

Ritual. 

294 

BrahminisnT^nffBuadhism. 

245 

Hymnology. 

295 

Parseeism. 

246 

Public  worship. 

296 

Judaism. 

247 

Social 

297 

Mohamedanism. 

248 

Private       " 

298 

Mormonism. 

*      249 

Religious  fiction  and  anecdote. 

299 

Other. 

16 


SOCIOLOGY. 


3OO  Sociology. 

301  Philosophy. 

302  Compends. 

303  Dictionaries. 

304  Essays. 

'  305  Periodicals. 

306  Societies. 

307 

308 

309  History. 

3§0  Statistics. 

.311  Methods. 

312  Progress  of  population. 

313  Progress  of  civilization. 

314  Europe. 

315  Asia. 

316  Africa. 

3 1 7  North  America. 

318  South  America. 

319  Oceanica. 

32O  Political  Science. 

321  Patriarchal  Institutions. 

322  Feudal  " 

323  Monarchic  " 

324  Republican  " 

325  Colonies  and  Emigration. 

326  Slavery. 

327  Foreign  and  Domestic  relations. 

328  Legislative  annals. 

329  Political  essays  and  speeches. 
33O  Political  Economy. 

331  Capital  and  labor. 

332  Banks  and  money. 

333  Stocks,  rents,  and  income. 

334  Credit  and  interest. 

335  Communism. 

336  Public  funds  and  taxation. 

337  Protection  and  free  trade. 

338  Production. 

339  Pauperism. 
34O  Law. 

341  International. 

342  Constitutional  and  administrative. 

343  Statute  and  common. 

344  Equity.    . 

345  Criminal. 

346  Maritime. 

347  Martial. 

348  Evidence  and  Forms  of  practice. 

349  Civil  and  Canon. 


35O  Administration. 

351  Civil  Service. 

352  Treasury. 

353  Interior. 

354  Police. 

355  Army. 

356  Infantry. 

357  Cavalry. 

358  Artillery. 

359  Navy. 

36O  A§§ociation§  and  Institutions. 

361  Charitable. 

362  Religious. 

363  Political. 

364  Reformatory  and  Sanitary. 

365  Prisons. 

366  Secret  Societies. 

367  Trades  Unions. 

368  Insurance. 

369  Other. 

37O  Education. 

371  Teachers,  methods,  and  discipline. 

372  Elementary. 

373  Higher. 

374  Self-education. 

375  Classical  and  real. 

376  Female. 

377  Religious  and  secular. 

378  Schools  and  Colleges. 

379  Reports. 

3§O  Commerce,  Communication. 

381  Domestic  trade. 

382  Foreign  trade. 

383  Post  office. 

384  Telegraph. 

385  Railroad  and  express. 

386  Canal  transportation. 

387  River  and  ocean  transportation. 

388  City  transit. 

389  Weights  and  measures. 

J9O  Customs  and  Costumes. 

391  Ancient. 

392  Mediaeval. 

393  Modern. 

394  Europe. 

395  Asia. 

396  Africa. 

397  North  America. 

398  South  America. 

399  Oceanica. 


17 
PHILOLOGY. 


4OO 

Philology. 

450 

Italian. 

401 

Philosophy. 

451 

Orthography. 

402 

Compends. 

452 

Etymology. 

403 

Dictionaries. 

453 

Dictionaries. 

404 

Essays. 

454 

Synonyms. 

405 

Periodicals. 

455 

Grammar. 

406 

Societies. 

456 

Prosody. 

407 

Education. 

457 

Dialects. 

408 

458 

Texts. 

409 

History. 

459 

Romansh  and  Wallachian. 

41O 

Comparative. 

46O 

Spanish. 

411 

Orthography. 

461 

Orthography. 

412 

Etymology. 

462 

Etymology. 

413 

Dictionaries. 

463 

Dictionaries. 

414 

Phonology. 

464 

Synonyms. 

415 

Grammar. 

465 

Grammar. 

416 

Prosody. 

466 

Prosody. 

417 

Inscriptions. 

467 

Dialects. 

418 

Texts. 

468 

Texts. 

419 

Hieroglyphics. 

469 

Portuguese. 

42O 

Engli§h. 

47O 

Latin. 

421 

Orthography. 

471 

Orthography. 

422 

Etymology. 

472 

Etymology. 

423 

Dictionaries. 

473 

Dictionaries. 

424 

Synonyms. 

474 

Synonyms. 

425 

Grammar. 

475 

Grammar. 

426 

Prosody. 

476 

Prosody. 

427 

Dialects. 

477 

Dialects. 

428 

Texts. 

478 

Texts. 

429 

Saxon. 

479 

Medieval  Latin. 

43O 

German. 

4SO 

Greek. 

431 

Orthography. 

481 

Orthography. 

432 

Etymology. 

482 

Etymology. 

433 

Dictionaries. 

483 

Dictionaries. 

434 

Synonyms. 

484 

Synonyms. 

435 

Grammar. 

485 

Grammar. 

436 

Prosody. 

486 

Prosody. 

437 

Dialects. 

487 

Dialects. 

438 

Texts. 

488 

Texts. 

439 

Dutch  and  Low  German. 

489 

Modern  Greek. 

44O 

French. 

490 

Other  Languages. 

441 

Orthography. 

491 

Chinese. 

442 

Etymology. 

492 

Egyptian. 

443 

Dictionaries. 

493 

Semitic. 

444 

Synonyms. 

494 

Indian. 

445 

Grammar. 

495 

Iranian. 

446 

Prosody. 

496 

Keltic. 

447 

Dialects. 

497 

Slavic. 

448 

Texts. 

498 

Scandinavian. 

449 

Old  French,  Proven^l. 

499 

Other. 

3 

18 


NATURAL   SCIENCE. 


5OO 

501 
502 
503 
504 
505 
506 
507 
508 
509 

510 
511 
512 
513 
514 
515 
516 
517 
518 
519 

520 
521 
522 
523 
524 
525 
526 
527 
528 
529 

530 
531 
532 
533 
534 
535 
536 
537 
538 
539 

540 
541 
542 
543 
544 
545 
546 
547 
548 
549 


Natural  Science. 

Philosophy. 
Compends. 
Dictionaries. 


Periodicals. 

Societies. 

Education. 

Travels. 

History. 
Mathematics. 

Arithmetic. 

Algebra. 

Geometry. 

Trigonometry. 

Conic  sections. 

Analytical  geometry. 

Calculus. 

Quaternions. 

Probabilities. 
Astronomy. 

Theoretical. 

Practical.    ^ 

Descriptive. 

Maps. 

Observations. 

Figure  of  the  earth. 

Navigation. 

Almanacs. 

Chronology. 
Physics. 

Mechanics. 

Hydrostatics. 

Pneumatics. 

Heat. 

Acoustics. 

Optics. 

Electricity. 

Magnetism. 

Molecular  physics. 
Chemistry. 

Theoretical. 

Experimental. 

Analysis. 
Qualitative. 
Quantitative. 

Inorganic. 

Organic. 

Crystallography, 

Mineralogy. 


55O  Geology. 

551  Physical  Geography,  Meteorology. 

552  Lithology. 

553  Dynamical  geology. 

554  Europe. 

555  Asia. 

556  Africa. 

557  North  America. 

558  South  America. 

559  Oceanica. 

56O  Paleontology. 

561  Plants. 

562  Invertebrates. 

563  Protozoa  and  Radiates. 

564  Mollusca. 

565  Articulates. 

566  Vertebrates. 

567  Fishes. 

568  Reptiles  and  Birds. 

569  Mammals. 
57O  Biology. 

571  Prehistoric  Archaeology. 

572  Ethnology. 

573  Natural  History  of  Man. 

574  Homologies. 

575  Evolution. 

576  Embryology. 

577  Spontaneous  Generation. 

578  Microscopy. 

579  Collectors'  Manuals. 
5§O  Botany. 

581  Physiological. 

582  Systematic. 

583  Ornamental. 

584  Europe. 

585  Asia. 

586  Africa. 

587  North  America. 

588  South  America. 

589  Oceanica. 
59O  Zoology. 

591  Comparative  Anatomy. 

592  Invertebrates. 

593  Protozoa  and  Radiates. 

594  Mollusca. 

595  Articulates. 

596  Vertebrates. 

597  Fishes. 

598  Reptiles  and  Birds. 

599  Mammals. 


19 


USEFUL   ARTS. 


6OO  Useful  Arts. 

601  Philosophy. 

602  Compends. 

603  Dictionaries. 

604  Essays. 

605  Periodicals. 

606  Societies. 

607  Education. 

608  Patents. 

609  History. 
610  medicine. 

61 1  Anatomy. 

612  Physiology. 

613  Hygiene. 

614  Public  health. 

615  Materia  medica  and  therapeutics. 

616  Pathology,  theory  and  practice. 

617  Surgery  and  dentistry. 

618  Obstetrics  and  sexual  science. 

619  Veterinary  medicine. 
62O  Engineering. 

621  Mechanical. 

622  Topographical. 

623  Military. 

624  Bridge. 

625  Road  and  Railroad. 

626  Canal. 

627  Harbor. 

628  Hydraulic  and  mining. 

629  Instruments  and  field  books. 
630  Agriculture. 

631  Soil  and  preparation. 

632  Pests  and  hindrances. 

633  Productions  of  the  soil. 

634  Fruits. 

635  Garden. 

636  Domestic  animals. 

637  Dairy. 

638  Bees  and  silkworm. 

639  Fishing,  trapping. 
64O  Domestic  Economy. 

641  Cookery. 

642  Confectionery^ 

643  Food  and  dining. 

644  Fuel  and  lights. 

645  Furniture. 

646  Clothing  and  toilet. 

647  Servants. 

648  Laundry. 

649  Nursery  and  sick-room. 


65O  Communication,  Commerce. 

651  Writing. 

652  Penmanship. 

653  Short  hand. 

654  Telegraphy. 

655  Printing. 

656  Navigation  and  transportation. 

657  Book-keeping. 

658  Business  manuals. 

659  Other. 

66O  Chemical  Technology. 

661  Chemicals. 

662  Pyrotechnics. 

663  Wines,  liquors,  and  ales. 

664  Sugar,  salt,  starch,  etc. 

665  Gas. 

666  Glass. 

667  Dyeing  and  bleaching. 

668  Assaying. 

669  Metallurgy. 
6TO  manufactures. 

671  Metals. 

672  Iron. 

673  Marble,  stone,  and  brick. 

674  Wood. 

675  Leather  and  rubber. 

676  Paper. 

677  Textile  fabrics. 

678  Cotton. 

679  Other. 

68O  Mechanic  Trades. 

681  Clothes  making. 

682  Book-binding. 

683  Watch  and  instrument  making. 

684  Lock  and  gun  making. 

685  Bl.icksmithing. 

686  Saddlery  and  shoe-making. 

687  Carriage  and  cabinet-making. 
688 

689  Other. 

69O  Building. 

691  Materials. 

692  Plans  and  specifications. 

693  Masonry. 

694  Carpentry. 

695  Slating  and  tiling. 

696  Plumbing. 

697  Warming  and  ventilation. 

698  Painting,  glazing,  and  paper-hanging. 

699  Car  and  Ship-building. 


20 


FINE    ARTS. 


700 

Fine  Arts. 

75O 

701 

Philosophy. 

751 

702 

Compends. 

752 

703 

Dictionaries. 

753 

704 

Essays. 

754 

705 

Periodicals. 

755 

706 

Societies. 

756 

707 

Education. 

757 

708 

Galleries. 

758 

709 

History. 

759 

710 

Landscape  Gardening. 

76O 

711 

Parks. 

761 

712 

Private  grounds. 

762 

713 

Walks  and  drives 

763 

714 

Water. 

764 

715 

Trees  and  hedges. 

765 

716 

Plants  and  flowers. 

766 

717 

Arbors. 

767 

718 

Monuments. 

768 

719 

Cemeteries. 

769 

720 

Architecture, 

770 

721 

Architectural  construction. 

771 

722 

Ancient  and  Oriental. 

772 

723 

Medieval. 

773 

724 

Modern. 

774 

725 

Public  buildings. 

775 

726 

Church. 

776 

727 

School. 

777 

728 

Domestic  and  rural. 

778 

729 

Of  special  countries. 

779 

730 

Sculpture. 

7§O 

731 

Materials  and  methods. 

781 

732 

Ancient. 

782 

733 

Greek  and  Roman. 

783 

734 

Medieval. 

784 

735 

Modern. 

785 

736 

Carving. 

786 

737 

Numismatics. 

787 

738 

Pottery  and  bronzes. 

788 

739 

Collections. 

789 

740 

Drawing  and  Design. 

790 

741 

Free-hand. 

791 

742 

Perspective. 

792 

743 

Art  anatomy. 

793 

744 

Mathematical  drawing. 

794 

745 

Ornamental  design. 

795 

746 

Ancient. 

796 

747 

Medieval. 

797 

748 

Modern. 

798 

749 

Collections. 

799 

Painting. 

Materials  and  methods. 
Color. 

Flemish  and  Dutch  Schools. 
French. 
Italian. 
Other  schools. 
Portrait. 
Landscape. 
Collections. 
Engraving. 
Wood. 

Steel  and  Copper. 
Lithography. 
Chromo  Lithography. 
Line  and  Stipple. 
Mezzotint  and  Aquatint. 
Etching. 

Bank  Note  and  Machine. 
Collections. 
Photography. 
•   Materials. 

Ambrotype  and  Daguerreotype. 
Photograph. 

Heliotype,  Albertype,  etc. 
Photolithography. 
Stereoscopic. 
Portrait. 
Landscape. 
Collections. 
Ulusic. 
Theory. 
Dramatic. 
Church. 
Vocal. 
Instrumental. 

Piano  and  Organ. 

Stringed  instruments. 

Wind 

Associations  and  institutions. 
Aniu§einent§. 
Entertainments. 

Theatre. 
In -door  amusements. 

Chess. 

Other  games. 
Out-door  sports. 

Boating  and  ball. 

Horsemanship  and  racing. 

Fishing,  hunting,  shooting. 


21 


LITERATURE. 


§00 

Literature. 

§5O 

Italian  Literature. 

801 

Philosophy. 

851 

"        Poetry. 

802 

Compends. 

852 

Drama. 

803 

Dictionaries. 

853 

"        Romance. 

804 

Essays. 

854 

"        Essays. 

805 

Periodicals. 

855 

"        Oratory. 

806 

Societies. 

856 

Letters. 

807 

857 

"        Satire. 

808 

858 

"        Humor. 

809 

History. 

859 

Miscellany. 

§1O 

Treati§e§  and  Collections*. 

§60 

Spanish  Literature. 

811 

Poetry. 

861 

Poetry. 

812 

Drama. 

862 

"          Drama. 

813 

Romance. 

863 

Romance. 

814 

Essays. 

864 

"          Essays. 

815 

Rhetoric  and  oratory. 

865 

"          Oratory. 

816 

Letters. 

866 

"          Letters. 

817 

Satire. 

867 

"          Satire. 

*,,••/      818 

Humor. 

868 

"          Humor. 

819 

Miscellany. 

869 

Miscellany. 

§20 

English  Literature. 

§70 

Latin  Literature. 

821 

"         Poetry. 

871 

"      Poetry. 

822 

"         Drama. 

872 

Dramatic. 

823 

"         Romance. 

873 

Epic. 

824 

Essays. 

874 

Lyric. 

825 

"         Oratory. 

875 

"       Oratory. 

826 

"         Letters. 

876 

"       Letters. 

827 

Satire. 

877 

Satire. 

828 

"         Humor. 

878 

"      Philosophy. 

829 

"         Miscellany. 

879 

"      History. 

§30 

German  Literature. 

§§0 

Greek  Literature. 

831 

Poetry. 

881 

"        Poetry. 

832 

"          Drama. 

882 

Dramatic. 

833 

"          Romance. 

883 

Epic. 

834 

"           Essays. 

884 

Lyric. 

835 

"           Oratory. 

885 

Oratory. 

836 

"          Letters. 

886 

"        Letters. 

837 

Satire. 

887 

"        Humor. 

838 

Humor. 

888 

"         Philosophy. 

839 

Miscellany. 

889 

"         History. 

§4O 

French  Literature. 

§90 

Other  Languages. 

841 

"         Poetry. 

891 

Chinese. 

842 

Drama. 

892 

Egyptian. 

843 

Romance. 

893 

Semitic. 

844 

"        Essays. 

894 

Indian. 

845 

"         Oratory. 

895 

Iranian. 

846 

"         Letters. 

896 

Keltic. 

847 

"         Satire. 

897 

Slavic. 

848 

"         Humor. 

898 

Scandinavian. 

849 

"         Miscellany. 

899 

Other. 

22 

HISTORY. 

900 

History. 

950 

Asia. 

901 

Philosophy. 

951 

China. 

902 

Compends,  chronology. 

952 

Japan. 

903 

Dictionaries. 

953 

Arabia. 

904 

Essays. 

954 

India. 

905 

Periodicals. 

955 

Persia. 

906 

Societies. 

956 

Turkey  in  Asia. 

907 

Education. 

957 

Siberia. 

Xfl    908 

Charts. 

958 

Afghanistan. 

909 

Universal  Histories. 

959 

Other. 

9flO 

911 

Geography  and  Description. 

Historical. 

960 

961 

Africa. 

North  Africa. 

912 

Ancient. 

962 

Egypt  and  Nubia. 

913 

Modern. 

963 

Abyssinia. 

914 

Europe. 

964 

Morocco. 

915 

Asia. 

965 

Algeria. 

916 

Africa. 

966 

Central  Africa. 

917 

North  America. 

967 

Guinea. 

918 

South  America. 

968 

South  Africa. 

919 

Oceanica  and  Polar  Regions. 

969 

Other. 

920 

Biography. 

970 

North  America. 

921 

Of  philosoph$AA 

971 

British  America. 

922 

"    theology. 

972 

Canada. 

923 
924 

"    sociology. 
"    philology. 

973 

974 

United  States.                          ,  * 
Eastern  States.  -    A*t*"T't' 

925 

"    science. 

975 

Middle      "                ?)U4dk 

926 

"   useful  arts. 

976 

Southern    »           #****»?" 

927 

"   fine  arts. 

977 

Western     "            ^n^'C- 

928 
929 

"    literature. 
Genealogy  and  Heraldry. 

978 
979 

Mexico. 
\A/4^/"    T*//taj  ,  £***»* 

930 

931 

Ancient  History. 

Chinese. 

9*0 

981 

South  America. 

Brazil. 

932 

Egyptian. 

982 

Argentine  Republic. 

933 

Jewish. 

983 

Chili.  ^^6   iffyf****? 

934 

Indian. 

984 

Bolivia. 

935 

Persian. 

985 

Peru. 

936 

Keltic. 

986 

Now  Pin   Jirtn  IT  *~    f*   P       ^  " 

937 

Roman. 

987 

Venezuela. 

938 

Greek. 

988 

Guiana. 

939 

Other. 

989 

Other. 

940 

Europe. 

990 

Oceanica  and  Polar  Regions. 

941 

Scotland  and  Ireland. 

991 

Malaysia. 

942 

England. 

992 

Sunda. 

943 

Germany  and  Austria. 

993 

Australasia. 

944 

France. 

994 

Australia. 

945 

Italy. 

995 

New  Guinea. 

946 

Spain  and  Portugal. 

996 

Polynesia. 

947 

Russia. 

997 

Isolated  islands. 

948 

Scandinavia. 

998 

Arctic  regions. 

949 

Other. 

999 

Antarctic  regions. 

SUBJECT  INDEX. 


Find  the  subject  in  this  Alphabetical  INDEX;  The  number  fol 
lowing  it  is  its  Class  Number.  The  entire  resources  of  the  library 
on  this  subject  will  be  found  under  tnis  number  either  in  the  Subject 
Catalogue,  the  Shelf  Catalogue,  or  on  the  shelves. 

Where  a  class  number  ends  in  a  cipher,  the  subject  will  be  found, 
on  reference  to  the  prefixed  classification,  to  be  subdivided. 


Aborigines  No.  Am. 

Abortion 

Abyssinia 

"        language 
Academies 

"  of  science 

Accounts 
Acoustics 

Acrostics  819,  829,  839, 

Acts  and  Resolves 
Acts  of  the  Apostles 
Addresses        815,825,835, 
Administration 
Administrative  law 
Admiralty  Law 
Adultery  176, 

Advent,  second 
^Eronautics 
Esthetics 
Ethiopia 
Afghanistan 
Africa — botany 

customs  and  costumes 

description 

ecclesiastical  history 

geography 

geology 

history 

statistics 

travels 


Agricultural  chemistry  631 

Agriculture  630 

Air  533 

Alabama  976 

Alaska  977 

Albania  949 

Albertypes  774 


970 
618 
963 
493 
378 
506 
657 
535 
etc. 
v32S 
226 
etc. 

350 
342 
346 

345 

236  Almanacs 

533 
701 
966 

958 
586 
396 
916 
276 
916 

556 
960 

3i6 
916 


Albigenses  272,  944 

Alchemy  540 

Alcoholic  liquors     178,  615,  663 
Ales  663 

Alg£e  582 

Algebra  512 

Algeria  965 

Aliens  342 

Allegories         819,  829,  839,  etc. 
528 

statistical  313 

Alphabets         411,  421,  431,  etc. 
ornamental     745-748 
Ambassadors  341 

Ambrotype  772 

America  North —  970 

botany  587 

America  North — 
customs  and  costumes        397 
description  917 

ecclesiastical  history  277 

geography  917 

geology  557 


history  970 

statistics  317 

travels  791 

America  South —  980 

botany  588 
customs  and  costumes        398 

description  918 

ecclesiastical  history  278 

geography  918 

geology  558 

history  980 

statistics  318 

travels  918 

American  languages  499 

"         painting  756 

"         philosophy  191 

"         revolution  973 

Americanisms  427 

Amherst  College  378 

Amputation  617 
Amusements  175,  790 
Ana,  anagrams  819,829, 839,  etc. 

Analysis,  chemical  543 

"          qualitative  544 

"          quantitative  545 

Analytical  geometry  516 

Anatomy,  art  743 

"  comparative  591 

"  human  61 1 

Ancient  architecture  722 


24 


Ancient  customs,  costumes    391 

"      design  746 

"     geography  912 

"      history  930 

"     philosophies  180 

•  "     sculpture  732 

Anecdote,  Religious  249 

Aneurism  617 

Angels  235 

Anglican  church  283 

Angling  799 

Anglo  Saxon  history  942 

"           language  429 

Animal  magnetism  134 

"       kingdom  590 

Animals,  domestic  636 

Animalculae  593 

Annuities  333 

Anonyms  14 

Antarctic  regions  999 

"             "         travels  919 

Anthropology  130 

Anti-Masonry  366 

Antinomianism  234 

Antiquities,  see  subject  or  country. 

Aphorisms        819, 829,  839,  etc. 

Apocalypse  228 

Apocrypha  229 

Apologetics  239 

Apoplexy  616 

Apostles  922 

Apostolic  church  274-276 

"        succession  262 

Apothegms       819,  829,  839,  etc. 

Apparitions  133 

Apples       ,  634 

Aquariums  590 

Aquatint  766 

Aqueducts  628 

Arabia,  ancient  history  939 

"       modern  953 

Arabian  language  493 

"        philosophy  197 

Arboriculture  715 

Arbors  717 

Archaeology,  prehistoric  571 

Archery  799 

Architects,  lives  927 

Architectural  drawing  744 

Architecture  720 

naval  699 


Arctic  regions  998 

"        "        travels  919 

Argentine  republic  982 
Arianism  281,  232 
Aristotelian  philosophy  185 

Arithmetic  511 

Arizona  977 

Arkansas  976 

Armenia  956 

Armies  355 
Arminianism  287,  234 

Armor  355 

Art  anatomy  743 

"    biography  927 

"    education  707 
"    schools                      753-756 

Artesian  wells  628 
Articulates,  paleontology  565 

zoology  595 

Artillery  358 

Artists  lives  927 

Arts,  fine  700 

;<  "  biography  of  927 
'  useful  •  600 
;<  "  biography  of  926 

Ashantee  967 

"        geography  916 

Asia —  950 

botany  585 
customs  and  costumes  395 

ecclesiastical  history  275 

geography  915 

geology  555 

history  950 

statistics  315 

travels  915 

Asia  Minor  956 

Assassination  345 

Assault  and  battery  345 

Assaying  668 

Assent  163 

Associations  360 

"         musical  789 

Assurance  368 

Assyria  935 

Assyrian  language  493 

Asthma  616 

Astrology  133 

Astronomical  maps  524 
observations    525 

Astronomy  520 


Atheism 

Athletic  sports 

Atlases 

Atmosphere 

Atonement 

Auroras 

Australasia, 

Australia 

Austria 

Authority 

Authors  lives 


537, 


211 

796 
910 

533 
234 
55i 
993 
994 
943 
171 
928 


Autobiography,  see  biography. 

Azores  946 

Babylon  935 

Backgammon  795 

Baconian  philosophy  192 

Ball  playing  797 
Ballads,  see  poetry. 

Ballooning  533 

Banditti  345 

Bank  Note  Engraving  768 

Bankrupt  laws  343 

Banks  332 

Baptism  264 

Baptists  286 

Barbary  States  961 
Barometer                         533,  551 

Bas  reliefs  731 

Base  ball  797 

Basque  language  499 

"       provinces  946 

Baths  613 

Bavaria  943 

Beauty  701 

Beer  663 

Bees  638 

Beetles  595 

Beets  635 

"    sugar  664 

Belgium  949 

Belles  lettres  800 

Bell-ringing  785 

Bells  671 

Bermudas  971 

Bible  220 

'     dictionaries,  etc.  220 

'     in  schools  377 

4    societies  36  2 

Bibliographies  1 1 

Special  countries  15 

"        forms  12 


25 


Special  subjects 

16 

Business  ethics 

174 

Celtic  language 

496 

Bibliography 

10 

"        manuals 

658 

Celts 

936 

Billiards 

795 

Butter 

637 

Cements 

693 

Biography 

920 

Butterflies 

595 

Cemeteries 

719 

Biology 

570 

Byzantine  Empire 

949 

Censuses 

310 

Birds 

598 

Cabinet  making 

687 

Central  Africa 

966 

"     palaeontology 

568 

Calabria 

945 

"       America 

979 

Births 

312 

Calculators 

5" 

Ceramic  art 

673»  738 

Blacksmithing 

685 

Calculus 

5i7 

Cetacea 

599 

Bleaching 

667 

Caledonia 

941 

Ceylon 

954 

Blindness 

616 

California 

977 

Chaldee  language 

493 

Block  books 

22 

Calisthenics 

613 

Chances 

5'9 

Blowpipe 

543 

Caloric 

534, 

.Charades^-  - 
TJi  A/vAAtZ/t>  • 

795 

Blue  laws 

343 

Calvinism 

234 

Charitable  associations 

36i 

Boating 

797 

Cambists 

332 

Charts,  history 

908 

Boats 

797,  699 

Cambria 

942 

Chasing 

736 

Bokhara 

959 

Cameos 

736 

Checkers 

795 

Bolivia 

984 

Canada 

972 

Cheese 

637 

Bonds  and  stocks 

333 

Canal  engineering 

626 

Chemical  agriculture 

543 

Bones 

6n 

"      transit 

386 

"         analysis 

631 

Books 

10,  20 

Canary  Isles 

946 

"        technology 

660 

Book  binding               10,  25,  682 

Cancer 

616 

Chemicals  —  manufacture       66  1 

"     collecting 

IO 

Canon  law 

349 

Chemistry 

54° 

"     keeping 

657 

Capital  and  labor 

331 

Chess 

794 

"      rarities 

2O 

Capital  punishment 

345 

Child-birth- 

618 

Booksellers'  catalogues 

17,  18 

Car  building 

699 

Chili 

983 

Boot  making 

686,675 

Card  playing 

795 

Chimneys 

693 

Botany 

580 

Caribbee  Isle 

989 

China,  ancient 

93i 

"      fossil 

561 

Caricatures 

74i 

"        modern 

95i 

"      medical 

615 

Carpentry 

694 

Chinese  language 

49  i 

Brahminism 

294 

Carriage  making 

687 

"        literature 

891 

Brandy 

615,663 

Carthage 

939 

"        religion 

299 

Brazil 

981 

Carving 

643 

Chivalry 

322 

Breviaries 

244 

"       and  chasing 

736 

Chloroform              615, 

617,  618 

Brewing 

663 

Cashmere 

954 

Cholera 

616 

Bricks 

673 

Castille 

946 

Christ      . 

232 

Bridge  building 

624 

Casts 

73° 

Christian  doctrines 

230 

Brigands 

345 

Casuistry 

171 

"        fathers 

270 

British  America 

971 

Catalogues  —  Authors 

18 

"         institutions 

260 

"       Columbia 

972 

Books 

12-18 

"        sects  ' 

280 

"      India 

954 

Libraries 

12-18 

Christianity,  evidences 

239 

"      Museum 

369 

"            Subjects 

17 

"             history 

270-289 

Britons 

942,  941 

Catarrh 

616 

Christmas  customs 

39° 

Bronchitis 

616 

Catechisms 

241 

Christology 

232 

Bronzes 

738 

Cathedrals 

726 

Chromo  Lithography 

764 

Buccaneers 

345 

Catholic  Church 

282 

Chronologies 

902 

Buddhism 

294 

Cattle 

636 

Chronology 

529 

Buenos  Ayres 

982 

Caucuses 

324 

Church 

261 

Building 

690 

Cavalry 

357 

"      architecture 

726 

Burial                       390, 

614,719 

Caves 

551 

"      of  England 

283 

Burmah 

959 

Celibacy 

136,  176 

"      fathers 

270 

4 

26 


Church  history 
"      music 
"      polity 
"      of  Rome 
"      and  state 
Circassia 

Circumnavigations 
Citizenship 
City  transit 
Civil  engineering 

"    law 

"    service  organs 

"          "       regulati 
Civilization — progress 
Clairvoyance 
Classical  education 
Classics,  Greek 
"        Latin 
Classification 
Clergy,  lives  of 
Climatology 
Clinics 

Clock  making 
Clothes  making 
Clothing 
Clubs 
Coal 

Coast  survey 
Coats  of  arms 
Cochin  China 
Co-education 
Coffee 
Coinage 
Coins 
Coleoptera 
Collections,  art 

drawing  and  design 

engraving 

painting 

photography 

sculpture 

Collectors'  manuals 
Colleges 
Colleries 
Colombia,  S.  A. 
Colonies 
Color 

Colors,  painting 
Coloring 

Comedy,  see  Drama. 
Comets 


270-289 

Comic  works,  see  humor. 

Copper  engraving 

783 

Commemorative  sermons       259 

Coptic  language 

262 

Commentaries,  bible               220 

Copyright 

282 

"              law                 340 

Corals 

261,  172,  329 

Commerce                               380 

Corea 

947 

Commercial  law                       343 

Corn  laws 

910 

Common  law                            343 

Cornices 

342 

Common  schools                     372 

Coroners 

388 

Communication               380,  650 

Corporal  punishment 

620 

Communion                              265 

Corporations 

349 

Communism                             335 

Correction,  houses  of 

5               351 

Comparative  anatomy             591 

Correlation  of  forces 

tions        351 

mythology         291 

Correspondence 

ess            31^ 

"             philology          410 

Corsica 

134 

Compass                  629,  538,  527 

Cosmetics 

375 

Compends,  a  — 

Cosmogony 

488,880 

fine  arts                                702 

Cosmology 

478,870 

history                                   902 

Cossacks 

112 

literature                              802 

Costa  Rica 

922 

natural  science                     502 

Costumes 

55r»  534 

philology                               402 

Cottages 

610 

philosophy                            102 

Cotton  manufactures 

683 

science                                  502 

"       planting 

681 

sociology                              302 

"      trade 

646 

theology                                 202 

Councils 

369 

useful  arts                            602 

Courts  martial 

549,  644 

Composition                             815 

Covenanters 

622 

"          of  music              781 

Cows 

929 

Comte's  philosophy         194,  145 

Cranberries 

347 


951 
376 

641,  633 
332 

737 
595 
708 

749 
769 

759 
779 
739 
579 
378 
628 
986 
325 
536 
752 
667 


523 


762 

492 
343 
593 
959 
343 

721 

343 


Conchology 

Concordances  of  Bible 

Confectionery 

Confessional 

Congregationalism 

Conic  sections 

Connecticut 


170, 


Conscience 
Conservatories  of  music 
Constitution,  English 

"  United  States 

Constitutional  law 
Construction,  architectural 
Consuls 
Consumption 
Contagion 

:ontracts 

Convents 
Conversation 


36o 
364 
530 
816 

944 
646 

"3 
"3 
947 
979 
390 
728 
678 

633 

381,382 
262,  270 

347 

274,  941 
636,  637 

634 

594!  Crayoning  741 

220  Creation  213 

642  Credit  334 

282  Creeds  244,  280 

285  Cremation  614,  390 

515  Crete  949 

974  Cricket  796 

233  Crimea  947 

789  Crimes  and  punishments        345 

323  Criminal  law  345 

324  Critical  psychology  142 
342  Criticism — literary,  see  Essays. 


362, 


Cookery 
Co-operation 
)opper 


721  Crocheting 
327  Croquet 
616!  Croup 
614  Crusades 
343  Crustacea 
271  Cryptogamia 
177  Crystallography 
641 


331 


Cuba 
Currency 


671,  549! Curvilinear  motion 


793 

796 

616 

274,  940 

595 
582 

548 
979 
332 
531 


27 


Customs  and  duties 

337  1     fine  art 

703 

Drama,  German 

832 

"         "    manners 

390      French 

443 

"     Greek 

882 

Cyclopaedias,  general 

30 

German 

433 

"      Italian 

852 

Daguerreotype 

772 

Greek 

483 

"     Latin 

872 

Dairy 

637 

history 

903 

"      Spanish 

862 

Dancing 

793 

Italian 

453  Dramatic  amusements 

792 

Danish 

498 

Latin 

473          "        music 

782 

Darwinism 

575 

literature 

803  Draughts 

795 

Deaf  and  dumb  institutions  361 

natural  science 

503 

Drawing 

740 

Deafness 

616 

philology 

403 

Drawing-books 

74i 

Death 

612 

philosophy 

103 

Dreams 

'35 

"    and  resurrection 

236 

science 

503 

Dress 

646 

"     penalty 

345 

sociology 

303 

"    making 

646 

Debates 

815 

Spanish 

463 

Drives 

7i3 

Decimal  system 

5" 

theology 

203 

Driving 

798 

"        weights  &  measures  389 

useful  arts 

603 

Drugs 

615 

Decorative  art 

745-748 

Didactic  theology 

241 

Druids 

299 

Deductive  logic 

162 

Die-making 

736 

Duelling                            177, 

345 

Deism 

211 

Diet 

613 

Dutch  language 

439 

Delaware 

975 

Differential  calculus 

5'7 

"      painting 

753 

Delusions 

!33 

Digestion 

612 

"      Reformed  Church 

289 

Democracy 

324 

Digests 

343 

"     Republic 

949 

Demonology 

133 

Dining 

643 

Duties 

170 

Denmark 

948 

Diphtheria 

616 

"      and  customs 

337 

Denominations,  Christian       280 

Diplomacy                        327, 

34i 

Dyeing 

667 

Dentistry 

617 

Diplomatics                          10,  21 

Dynamical  electricity 

537 

Depravity 

233,  216 

Directories 

910 

"          geology 

553 

Derangement,  mental 

132 

Discipline,  education 

37i 

Dynamics 

53i 

Descartes  philosophy 

194 

Diseases 

616 

Dysentery 

616 

Descriptive  astronomy 

523 

Disinfection 

614 

Dyspepsia 

616 

"         geometry 

744 

Dispensatories 

615 

Ear  diseases 

616 

Design  and  drawing 

740 

Dissection 

611 

Early  Greek  philosophy 

182 

"      ornamental 

745-8 

Dissenters                        289, 

283 

Earth 

551 

Despotism 

323 

Distillation 

663 

"     figure  of 

526 

Detectives 

354 

District  of  Columbia 

976 

Earthquakes 

553 

Deuteronomy 

222 

Divorce                             343, 

173 

East  Indies 

954 

Devil 

235 

Doctrinal  history 

273 

Easter 

244 

Devotional  theology 

240 

"        sermons 

253 

Eastern  church 

281 

Dew 

551 

"        theology 

230 

"        Slates 

974 

Dialectics 

1  60 

Dogs                                599, 

636 

Ecclesiastical  history 

270 

Dialects- 

Domestic  animals 

636 

"            polity 

262 

English 

427 

"         architecture 

728 

Echinoderms 

593 

French 

447 

"        economy 

640 

Eclectic  psychology 

148 

German 

437 

"         and  for'n  relat'ns 

327 

Eclipses 

523 

Greek 

487 

"        medicine 

615 

Economy,  domestic 

640 

Italian 

457 

"         trade 

38i 

"         political 

330 

Latin 

477 

"         worship 

248 

Ecuador 

999 

Spanish 

467 

Dominos 

795 

Education 

370 

Diamonds 

552 

Drainage                           631, 

614          "        fine  arts 

707 

Dictionaries  — 

Drama,  general 

822          "         history 

907 

comparative 

413 

"      English  treatises 

812          "         natural  sciences 

5°7 

English 

423 

"     French 

842          "         philology 

407 

28 


Education,  philosophy            107 

Entozoa                                     595 

Eucharist                                  265 

"        science                     507 

Epics,               811,  821,  831,  etc. 

Eulogies                          920,  259 

"        theology                   207 

"      Greek                           883 

Europe  —  botany                      584 

"        useful  arts               607 

"       Latin                              873 

customs  and  costumes        394 

Educational  institutions         378 

Epicurean  philosphy               187 

ecclesiastical  history           274 

"                reports             379 

Epidemics                               614 

geography                             914 

Egypt,  ancient                          932 

Epigrams         819,  829,  839,  etc. 

geology                               554 

"       modern                         962 

Episcopal  church                    283 

history                                   940 

Egyptian  language                   492 

Epistles,  bible                         227 

statistics                               314 

"        literature                 892 

Epistolography       816,  826,  etc. 

travels                                  914 

Elections                                  324 

Epitaphs                                   929 

Evidence  (law)                        343 

"        sermons                  256 

Equador                                    999 

Evidences  of  Christianity      239 

Electricity                                537 

Equestrian  exercise                798 

Evil                                            216 

Electro-magnetism                   538 

Equipments  of  armies            355 

Evolution                                575 

Eleemosynary  institutions      361 

"              navies             359 

Exchange                                  332 

Elementary  education            372 

Equity                                       344 

Excise                                      336 

Elgin  marbles                           733 

Eschatology                              236 

Exegesis                                   220 

Elocution                                  815 

Esquimaux                       979,  998 

Exhibitions,  art                        708 

Emancipation                           326 

Essays,  English  literature      824 

Exodus                                      222 

Embalming                               390 

"       fine  arts                      704 

Experimental  Chemistry         542 

Embargo                           346,  341 

"        French                        844 

Explorations                             910 

Emblems                                  219 

"        general  treatises        814 

Expository  Sermons                258 

Embryology                              576 

"        German                       834 

Express  companies                 385 

Emigration                               325 

"        history                         904 

Eye,  diseases                           616 

Empirical  psychology             144 

Italian                         854 

"    functions                          612 

Enamel  painting                      751 

literature                    804 

Fable*         819,  829,  839,  etc. 

Encaustic     "                           751 

"        natural  science           504 

Facetiae           819,  829,  839,  etc. 

Encyclopaedias,  general            30 

"        philology                     404 

Fairy  tales         813,  823,  833  etc. 

Engineering                              620 

"       philosophy                  104 

Faith                                 234,  163 

"           instruments        629 

"        political                       329 

Family                                      173 

England,  history                      942 

"        science                         504 

"     medicines                     616 

English  church                        283 

"        sociology                     304 

"     worship                        247 

"        dialects                       427 

"        Spanish                       864 

Fanaticism                                133 

"        dictionaries                423 

"        theology                      204 

Farces               828,  838,  etc.,  791 

"       etymology                  422 

"       useful  arts                  604 

Farming                                    630 

"       government               323 

Etching                                    767 

Farriery                                     685 

"        grammar                    425 

Etherization                             617 

Fashion                                     177 

"        language                     420 

Ethics                                       170 

Fasts                                  .        244 

"       literature                    820 

Ethiopa                                     966 

Fatalism                                   159 

"        orthography               421 

Ethnography                            390 

Fathers  of  the  church             270 

"        painting                      756 

Ethnology                                 572 

Fauna                                       590 

"        philology                    420 

Etiquette                                   177 

Feasts                                      244 

"        philosophy                  192 

Etruria                                      937 

Federalism                              324 

"        prosody                      426 

Etymologies,  comparative      412 

Female  education                   376 

"       sculpture                    735 

"            English              422 

"       seminaries                  378 

"       synonymes                 424 

"            French              442 

Fencing                                   796 

"       texts                          428 

"             German             432 

Ferns                                         582 

Engraving                                 760 

Greek                482 

Fetichism                                 299 

Enigmas           819,  829,  839,  etc. 

"             Italian                452 

Feudal  institutions                  322 

Entertainments                        791 

"             Latin                  472 

Fevers                                    616 

Enthusiasm                               137 

"             Spanish             462 

Fiction,  see  romance. 

Entomology                             595 

See  language  for  No. 

Field  bonks,  engineering        629 

29 


Field  sports 

796-799 

Free  trade 

337 

Geography,  modern                913 

Figure  of  the  earth 

526 

Free-will 

r59 

No.  America      917 

Filibusters 

345»  978 

French  language 

440 

physical               551 

Final  causes 

"3 

old 

449 

So.  America        918 

Finances 

33° 

"       literature 

840 

travels                 910 

Fine  arts 

700 

"       painting 

754 

Geology                                   550 

biography  of 

927 

"       philosophy 

194 

"       dynamical                   553 

Finland 

947 

"       revolution 

944 

Geometry                                 513 

Finno-Hungarian  language   499 

"       sculpture 

735 

"         analytical                 516 

Fire  arms 

355.  684 

Fresco  painting 

75i 

Georgia                            959,  976 

"     departments 

369 

Friction 

53i 

German  language                    430 

"     engines 

621 

Friends,  Society  of 

289 

low             439 

"     insurance 

368 

Friendship 

157 

"        literature                   830 

"     works 

662 

Fruit  culture 

634 

painting                      753 

Fishes 

597 

Fuel 

644 

"        philosophy                 193 

"       palaeontology 

567 

Funds  and  funding 

336 

"        reformed  church       289 

Fisheries 

639 

Funeral  sermons 

259 

Germany                                   943 

Fishing 

799 

Funerals 

390 

Ghosts                                       133 

Flags 

929 

Furniture 

645 

Gipsies                                     949 

Flanders 

949 

Future  life 

218 

Girondists                                944 

Flax 

633.  677 

Future  state 

237 

Glaciers                                    553 

Flemish  painting 

753 

Galleries  of  art 

708 

Glass                                       666 

Flies 

595 

drawing  and  design 

749 

"     painting                           751 

Flora 

584-589 

engraving 

769 

Glazing                                      698 

Florence 

94* 

painting 

759 

Glees                                        784 

Florida 

976 

photography 

779 

Globes,  use  of                         522 

Flower  garden 

7i6,  583 

sculpture,  etc. 

739 

Glossaries        413,  423,  433,  etc. 

Flowers 

580 

Galvanism 

537 

Gloves                      646,  675,  677 

Fluxions 

5i7 

Gambling 

'75 

Gnostics                                   281 

Folk  lore 

291-293 

Game  laws 

345 

God                                          231 

Food 

643 

Games                                  793~7 

Gold                                549,  67  1 

Foreign  missions 

267 

Gardening 

635 

Goniometry                               514 

"        relations 

327 

"        Landscape 

710 

Good-Friday                             244 

trade 

382 

Gas-fitting 

696 

Gospels                                    226 

Forgery 

345 

"    lighting                      665, 

644 

Gothic  architecture                 723 

Form  book 

348 

"    making 

665 

Goths                                       943 

Fortification 

623 

Gastronomy 

641 

Gout                                         616 

Fortune  telling 

133 

Gauging 

389 

Government                             320 

Fossils 

560 

Gazetteers 

910 

Grace                                       234 

Founderies 

671 

Gem  engraving 

736 

Grafting                                    634 

Foundling  hospitals 

361 

Gems 

549 

Grains                                      633 

Fountains 

7H 

Genealogy 

929 

Grammars,  comparative         415 

Fowling 

799 

Generation,  Spontaneous 

577 

"           English                 425 

Fowls 

636 

Genesis 

222 

"           French                 445 

Fractures 

617 

Genoa 

945 

"           German                 435 

France 

944 

Geodesy 

526 

"           Greek                   485 

Franchise 

324 

Geography 

910 

"            Italian                   455 

Franciscans 

271 

Africa 

916 

"            Latin                     475 

Franconia 

943 

ancient 

912 

"            Spanish                465 

Franco-Prussian  war 

943,  944 

Asia 

915 

Granada                                    946 

Free-hand  drawing 

74i 

"           Europe 

914 

Granges                                   363 

Freemasonry 

366 

"           historical 

911  Grape  culture                          634 

</ 


80 


Grasses 

633 

Hebrew  language 

493  Horticulture 

635 

"       ornamental 

7i6,  583 

ledges 

715  Hospitals 

36* 

Grave-stones 

718 

Heliotypes 

774  Hotels 

390 

"     yards 

719 

Hell 

237  Hot-houses 

583.  635 

Gravitation 

S31 

Heraclitic  philosophy 

182  House-keeping 

640 

Great  Britain 

941,  942 

heraldry 

929  Housewifery 

640 

Greece,  ancient 

938 

Herbariums 

582  Huguenots 

289,  944 

"       modern 

949 

Hermaphrodites 

590,  612  Human  anatomy 

611 

Greek  architecture 

722 

Hermeneutics 

220  Humane  societies 

36i 

"       church 

281 

Herpetology 

598  Humor 

818 

"       commentaries 

488 

Hieroglyphics 

419      English 

828 

"       language 

480 

Higher  education 

373      French 

848 

"       literature 

880 

Highwaymen 

345      German 

838 

"       modern 

489 

Histology 

611      Greek 

887 

"       mythology 

292 

Historical  books  of  bible       222      Italian 

858 

"       philosophy 

180,  888 

"         charts  and  tables  908      Spanish 

868 

"       sculpture 

733 

"          geography 

911  Hunting 

799 

"       texts  with  notes 

488 

"         societies 

906  Hurricanes 

533 

"          "      without  notes     880 

History  — 

900  Husbandry 

630 

"       translations 

880 

ancient 

930-939  Hybridism 

590 

Greenhouses 

583»  635 

biography  of 

928  Hydraulic  engineering 

628 

Greenland 

979 

ecclesiastical 

270  Hydraulics 

532 

Grounds,  private 

712 

fine  arts 

709  Hydrodynamics 

532 

Groves 

7iS 

geography 

910  Hydrography           551, 

627,  527 

Guatemala 

979 

in  Greek 

889  "Hydromechanics 

532 

Guiana 

988 

in  Latin 

879  'Hydropathy 

615 

Guide  books 

910 

literature 

809  Hydrophobia 

614,  616 

Guillotine 

345 

modern 

940-999  Hydrostatics 

S32 

Guinea 

967 

natural  sciences 

509  Hygiene 

613 

Gun  cotton 

355.  662 

philology 

409        "        mental 

131 

Gunnery 

355 

philosophy 

109  Hymnology 

245 

Gunpowder 

355,  662 

philosophy  of 

901  Hypochondria 

132,616 

Gunsmithery 

684 

science 

509  Icebergs 

553 

Gutta  percha 

679 

sociology 

309  Iceland 

948 

Gymnastics 

613 

theology 

209  'Icelandic  language 

498 

Gypsies 

949 

universal 

909  Ichnology 

560 

Habeas  corpus 

343 

useful  arts 

609  Ichthyology 

597 

Harbors 

627 

Histrionics 

792  Iconography 

730 

Harmony,  music 

781 

Holy  Land 

933>  95^  Idealistic  psychology 

141 

of  gospels 

226 

Home  education 

371,  374  Idiocy 

132 

Harness  making 

686 

"       missions 

266  Idolatry 

290 

Harpsichord 

787 

Homicide 

345  Illumination 

745 

Hasheesh 

615 

Homiletics 

251  Imagination 

156 

Hats 

646 

Homosopathy 

615  Immersion 

264,  286 

Health 

613 

Homologies 

574  Immigration 

325 

"      public 

614 

Honey 

638  Immortality 

218,  237 

Heart  diseases 

616 

Horse               636,  599, 

357,  619  Imprisonment  for  debt 

345 

Heat 

534 

Horse  racing 

798  Incarnation 

232 

Heathen  religions 

290 

"       riding 

798  Income 

333 

Heating 

697 

"       shoeing 

685  Incunabula 

23 

Heaven 

237 

Horsemanship 

798  India,  ancient  history 

934 

Hebrew  history 

933 

Hortatory  theology 

24^1     "      modern      " 

954 

31 


Indian  language                      494 

Inventions                                608 

Kindergarten                           372 

"      literature                      894 

Invertebrates                            592 

Kitchen                                     641 

Indiana                                      977 

"          paleontology      562 

Knighthood                              322 

Indians,  American                  970 

Ionian  Islands                         949 

Koran                                        297 

"             "          language  499 

Ionic  philosophy                      182 

Labor                              331 

India-rubber                             675 

Iowa                                         977 

Laboring  classes                      331 

Indoor  amusements                 793 

Iranian  languages                    495 

Labrador                                   972 

Induction                                  161 

"      literature                    895 

Lace-making                             677 

Inductive  logic                        161 

Ireland                                      941 

Lakes,  artificial                        714 

Industrial  drawing                  744 

Irish  church                              283 

Land  surveying                        622 

"         schools                    607 

"     language                          496 

Landlord  and  tenant               333 

Inebriate  institutions              364 

Iron,  bridges                            624 

Landscape  gardening              710 

Infanticide                        173,  345 

"     manufacture                    672 

painting                 758 

Infantry                                     356 

"     mineral                    549,  669 

"          photographs         778 

Infidelity                                   211 

Iron-clad  ships                359,  699 

Language                                  400 

Inoculation                        614,615 

Irrigation                                 631 

Lapland                            947,  948 

Inorganic  chemistry                $46 

Italian  language                       450 

Latin  commentaries                488 

Inquisition                                272 

"       literature                     850 

"      language                         470 

Insane  Hospitals                     361 

"        painting                        755 

"     literary  history              470 

Insanity                                     132 

"        philosophy                    195 

"      literature                        870 

Inscriptions                               417 

"       sculpture              734,  735 

"     medieval                       479 

Insects                                      595 

Italy                                         945 

"      texts,  with  notes            488 

Inspiration                                238 

Jacobin§                        944 

"         "      without  notes     870 

Instincts                                      158 

Jamaica                                     979 

"      translations                    870 

Institute  of  France                    64 

Jansenism                                282 

Laundry                                    648 

Institutions                               360 

Japan                                         952 

Law                                            340 

"          educational           378 

Japanese  language                   499 

"    of  nations                          341 

"          Feudal                  322 

Japanning                                 698 

Lawns                                        712 

"          Monarchic            323 

Java                                           992 

Lawyers  lives                          923 

*•          Musical                 789 

Jests                 819,  829,  839,  etc. 

Lead                                  549,  671 

"          of  religion            260 

Jesuit  missions                 266,  282 

Leather                                     675 

"          Patriarchal           321 

Jesuits                              271,  282 

Lectures          815,  825,  835,  etc. 

"          Republican           324 

Jesus                                        232 

Legends                            291-293 

Instruction                                37  1 

Jewelry                             646,  671 

Legerdemain                             133 

Instrumental  music                 785 

Jews,  history                            933 

Legislation                       343.  328 

Instruments,  engineering       629 

John                                           226 

Legislative  annals                    328 

"            making               683 

Joinery                                      694 

Legitimacy                               343 

Insurance  companies              368 

Journalism                                  50 

Lent                                         244 

Integral  calculus                      517 

Judaism                                     296 

Lepidoptera                              595 

Intellect                                     151 

Judgment  and  future  state     237 

Letter  writing                         816 

Intellectual  philosophy  140-150 

Junius  letters                           329 

Letters                                     816 

Intemperance                           178 

Jurisprudence                           340 

English                                826 

Intercommunication        380,  650 

Jury                                          343 

French                                   846 

Interest                                    334 

Justification                              234 

German                                 836 

"       tables                           658 

Kafirs                               968 

Greek                                   886 

Interior,  administration          353 

Kaleidoscope  •                          536 

Italian                                    856 

Intermarriage                   136,  618 

Kansas                                      977 

Latin                                      876 

Intermediate  state                   237 

Kant's  philosophy           193,  142 

Spanish                                866 

Interments                        614,  390 

Keltic,  ancient  history            936 

Levant                              956,  962 

International  law                     341 

"       language                       496 

Levelling                                 622 

Intolerance                              272 

"      literature                     876 

Leviticus                                  222 

Intuitive  psychology               143 

Kentucky                                 976 

Lexicons          413,  423,  433,  etc. 

32 


Libel 

345 

Lyric  poetry     Sir,  812,  831, 

etc. 

Materialist                               146 

Liberty 

324 

"        "      Greek 

884 

Materials,  building                  691 

"       of  press 

324 

"         "       Latin 

874 

Maternity                          136,  618 

Libraries 

19 

]flaearonic§     819,  829, 

etc. 

Mathematical  drawing            744 

Library,  catalogues             17,  18 

Machine  engraving 

768 

instruments     629 

"        economy 

T9 

Machinery 

621 

"            tables               514 

"         history  and  reports 

19 

Madagascar 

969 

Mathematics                            510 

Lichens 

582 

Madness 

132 

Matthew                                    226 

Life,  future                      218, 

237 

Magazines          50,  105,  205, 

etc. 

Mausoleums                             718 

Life  insurance 

368 

Magic 

133 

Maxims            819,  829,  839,  etc. 

Light 

536 

Magnetism 

538 

Measles                                    616 

Light-houses                    656, 

627 

"         animal 

134 

Measures  and  weights            389 

Lightning 

537 

Magyars 

943 

Mechanical  drawing                744 

Lights  and  fuel 

644 

Mahometanism 

297 

"          engineering         621 

Line  engraving 

765 

Mails 

383 

trades                   680 

Linguistics 

400 

Maine 

974 

Mechanics                                 531 

Liquors 

663 

Malaria 

614 

Mechanics'  associations         606 

Litany 

244 

Malayan  language 

499 

Medals                                     737 

Literary  criticism  824,  834, 

844, 

Malaysia 

991 

Mediaeval  architecture            723 

etc. 

Malt 

663 

"      customs,  costumes  392 

miscellany 

819 

Malta 

949 

"      design                       747 

English 

829 

Mamelukes 

962 

"       history  with  modern 

French 

849 

Mammalia 

599 

11       Latin                          479 

German 

839 

"          palaeontology 

569 

"      sculpture                   734 

Italian 

859 

Man,  doctrine  of 

233 

Medical  botany                        615 

Spanish 

869 

"     ethnography 

390 

"       jurisprudence            343 

property 

343 

"     natural  history  of 

573 

Medicine                                  610 

Literature 

800 

Maniacs 

132 

"         veterinary                619 

"  biography  of 

928 

Manners  and  customs 

39° 

Meditations,  theology             242 

"  classical  870,  880,  488-498 

Manuals,  collectors' 

579 

Melodeons                               786 

"  treatises 

810 

Manufactures 

670 

Melody                                      781 

Lithography 

763 

Manures 

631 

Memoirs                                    920 

Lithology 

552 

Manuscripts                         13,  21 

Memory                                   154 

Liturgies 

444 

Maps 

910 

Mensuration                             612 

Locke                                192, 

H5 

"      astronomical 

524 

Mental  derangement               132 

Locks  and  keys 

684 

Marble  manufacture 

673 

"       faculties                      150 

Locomotives 

621 

Marbles 

731 

"       hygiene                       131 

Logarithms 

5'4 

Marine  architecture 

699 

"       philosophy           140-150 

tables 

514 

"       insurance 

368 

"       physiology                  131 

L°gic            f                -j 

160 

"       law 

346 

Mesmerism                              134 

Longevity    \w*A**.v>lt>  *J 

312 

Marriage,  customs 

390 

Messiah                                   232 

Lord's  supper 

265 

"         ethics 

173 

Metal  manufactures                671 

Lorraine                            943, 

944 

Maritime  law 

346 

Metallurgy                                669 

Lotteries 

175 

Mark 

226 

Metaphysics                              no 

Louisiana 

976 

Martial  law 

347 

Meteorology                            551 

Low  countries 

949 

Martyrs 

272 

Methodism                                287 

"     dutch 

439 

Maryland 

976 

Methodology                           112 

Luke 

226 

Mason  &  Dixon's  line 

326 

Methods  of  education             371 

Lunacy 

132 

Masonry 

693 

Metric  system                           389 

Lunatic  asylums 

361 

Masonry,  Free 

366 

Metrology                                 389 

Lung  diseases 

616  Massachusetts 

974 

Mexican  war                    973,  978 

Lutherans 

289JMateria  medica 

615 

Mexico                                     978 

33 


Mezzotint 
Michigan 
Microscopy 


776  Mollusca 


977 

578 


Middle  ages,  history,  see  special 

countries. 

Middle  States  975 

Midwifery  618 

Military  and  naval  arts  355-359 

engineering  623 

law  347 

science  355 

Militia  356 

Milk  637 

Millennium  236 

Millinery  646 

Mills,  cot.,  woolen,  etc.  677,  678 


paper 
Mill-work 
Mind 

Mineral  waters 
Mineralogy 

Mines,  mining,  engineering 
Miniatures 
Ministers 

lives 

Minnesota 

Minstrelsy        811,821,831, 
Miracles  js? 

Miscellany,  literary 

English 

French 

German 

Italian 

Spanish 
Missions 

"         foreign 
Mississippi 
Missouri 
Mnemonics 
Modeling 
Modern  architecture 

"        costumes,  customs 

"        designs 

"        geography 
Greek 

"        history 

"        philosophy 

"  sculpture 
Mohammedanism 
Molecular  physics 

5 


676 
621 
1  50 
615 
549 
628 
757 
250 
922 
977 
etc. 
231 


paleontology 
Monarchic  institutions 
Monasteries 
Monastic  orders 
Money 

Mongolian  language 
Monitors,  iron-clads 
Monograms 
Monopolies 
Montana 
Monuments 
Moon 

Moral  philosophy 
Moravians 
Moravian  missions 
Morea 
Mortar 
Mortality 
Mortgages 
Mormonism 
Morocco 
Morphology 
Mosaic  painting 
Moslems 
Mosquitia 
Mosses 
Mothers 


594 1  Naval  science 
564  Navies 
323  Navigation 
27r|         "  laws 

27 1  j  Nebraska 
332  [Necromancers 
499:  Needle-work 

859,  699  Negroes 

745-7  48.  Nepotism 
331  Nestorians 
977  Netherlands 


527, 


718 

523 
170 


Neuroptera 

Neutrals 

Nevada 


359 
359 
656 
346 
977 
'33 

646,  793 

573>  326 

323 

281 

949 
595 


289  !  New  Brunswick 


266 

947  1 
693 
312 

344 
298 

964 

581 

751 

297  Newfoundland 

979  Newspapers 

582.  Nicaragua 

i73[Nobility 


England 

Granada 

Guinea 

Hampshire 

Jersey 

Mexico 

platonists,  philosophy 

testament 

York 


977 
972 
974 
986 

995 
974 
975 
977 
186 
225 

975 
971 

50 
979 
322 


819 

Moths                              595,  646 

Non-christian  religions           290 

829 

Mouldings                                 721 

Normal  schools                        371 

849 

Municipal  government           342 

Norman  conquest            942-946 

839 

Mutual  aid  societies               361 

Normandy                                 944 

859 

Music                                       780 

Norse                                       498 

869 

Musical  composition               781 

North  Africa                           961 

266 

Musicians                                  927 

"     America                        970 

267 

Mysteries                                   133 

"     America  botany           578 

976 

Mysticism                                 289 

"   customs  &  costumes  397 

977 

Mythology  comparative          291 

"   ecclesiastical  hist'y  277 

154 

"          Greek  &  Roman  292 

"   geography                  917 

73i 

Norse                    293 

"  geology                      557 

724 

\Hine*                            929 

"   history                       970 

ms 

Narcotics                                 615 

"   statistics                     317 

393-399 

National  costumes                  390 

"  travels                       917 

748 

"       customs                    390 

North  Carolina                        976 

913-919 

Natural  history                55°-59o 

Northmen                                 948 

489 

"        philosophy                 530 

Norway                                     948 

940-999 

"        science                      500 

Nosology                                 616 

190 

"        theology                     210 

Nova  Scotia                            972 

735 

Naturalization                  343,  325 

Novels                                       813 

297 

Nature                                       500 

English                                  823 

539 

Naval  architecture                  699 

French                                 438 

34 


German 

833  Oriental  architecture 

722  Patriotism 

172 

Italian 

858 

"        church 

281  Patristic  philosophy 

189 

Spanish 

863 

"       languages 

490  Patronage 

177 

Nubia 

962 

"       philosophy 

18  1  Pauperism 

339 

Numbers,  book  of 

222 

Origin  of  language 

400 

Pawnbroking 

334 

Numismatics 

737 

Ornamental  botany 

583 

Peace  and  war 

172 

Nunneries 

362 

"          design 

745 

Pears 

634 

Nursery 

649 

work 

745 

Peat 

644 

Object  teaching 

371 

Ornithology 

598 

Pedobaptism 

264 

Observations  astronomical 

525 

Orphans 

36i 

Peerage 

322 

Obstetrics 

618 

Orthography  comparative      41  1 

Peloponnesus 

938,  949 

Ocean  transportation     387 

,656 

English 

421 

Penal  law 

345 

Oceanica 

990 

French 

441 

Penance 

244 

botany 

589 

German 

43i 

Peninsular  war 

946 

customs  and  costumes 

399 

Greek 

481 

Penitentiaries 

365 

ecclesiastical  history 

279 

Italian 

451 

Penmanship 

652 

geography 

919 

Latin 

47i 

Pennsylvania 

975 

geology 

559 

Spanish 

461 

Pentateuch 

222 

history 

990 

See  Language. 

Perception 

152 

statistics 

3i9 

Ottoman  empire 

949,  956 

Perfectionists 

289 

travels 

919 

Out-door  sports 

796-799 

Perfumery 

646 

Odd  Fellows 

366 

Oxford  University 

378 

Periodicals,  see  special  subjects. 

Odontology                      611, 

617 

Oysters 

594,641 

fine  arts 

70S 

Ohio 

977 

Paganism 

290 

general 

5° 

Old  French 

449 

Painters'  lives 

927 

history 

905 

Old  testament 

221 

Painting 

7  SO,  698 

literature 

805 

Oil  manufacture 

664 

Palaeontology 

560 

natural  science 

505 

"   painting 

751 

Palestine 

956 

philology 

405 

Ontology 

III 

Pantheism 

212 

philosophy 

J°5 

Operas 

782 

Pantheistic  pschology 

M7 

science 

5°5 

Opium 

615 

Papacy 

282 

sociology 

305 

Optics 

536 

Paper-hanging 

698 

theology 

205 

Oracles 

133 

Paper  manufacture 

676 

useful  arts 

605 

Oratorios 

783 

Paper  money 

332 

Perpetual  motion 

53i 

Oratory 

815 

Papua 

995 

Persecutions 

272 

English 

825 

Paraguay 

989 

Persia,  ancient  history 

935 

French 

845 

Parchment 

10 

"      modern     " 

955 

German 

835 

Parent  and  child 

*73 

Persian  language 

495 

Greek 

885 

Parish  law 

343 

Personal  liberty 

342 

Italian 

855 

Parks,  public 

711 

"       property 

342 

Latin 

875 

Parliament 

324 

"       rights 

342 

political 

329 

Parliamentary  law 

348  Perspective 

742 

sacred 

251 

Parrots 

598 

Peru 

985 

Spanish 

865 

Parseeism 

295 

Pests,  agricultural 

632 

Orchards 

634 

Partnership 

343  Petrifaction 

560 

Orders  of  architecture    722-724 

Parturition 

618  Petroleum 

549,  665 

Ordination  sermons 

257 

Passions 

1  57  Pharmacopoeias 

615 

Ordnance                         355, 

684 

Pastoral  theology 

250  Pharmacy 

615 

Oregon 

977 

Patagonia 

989 

Phi  Beta  Kappa 

366 

Organ 

786 

Patents 

608 

Philology 

400 

Organic  chemistry 

547 

Pathology 

616 

biography  of 

924 

"       remains 

562 

Patriarchal  institutions 

321)  Philosophy 

100 

35 


Philosophy,  ancient                 180 

Platonists,  new                        186 

Porcelain                                   738 

biography  of                         921 

Playing  cards                           795 

Portrait  painting                      757 

Greek                            180,  888 

Plays,  see  drama              812,  792 

Portraits,  photographs            777 

Latin                                      878 

Pleading                                   348 

Portugal                                    946 

mental                                    150 

Plumbing                                  696 

Portuguese  language              469 

modern                                 190 

Plurality  of  worlds                  521 

"          literature              860 

moral                                      170 

Pneumatics                               533 

Positivism                                 146 

natural                                  530 

Pneumatology                           150 

Postage-stamps                        383 

of  art                                      701 

Poetical  books  of  Bible         223 

Post-offices                               383 

history                               901 

Poetry                                      Sii 

Potato                                      635 

language                           401 

English                                  821 

Pottery                                      738 

literature                          80  1 

French                                 841 

"      manufacture               673 

science                               1501 

German                                831 

Poultry                                      636 

sociology                          301 

Greek                                   88  1 

Powder                              662,  355 

religion                             201 

Italian                                    851 

Practical  astronomy                 522 

useful  ans                       601 

Latin                                      871 

"         theology                   240 

Phoenicia                                   939 

^panish                                861 

"         sermons                    254 

Phoenician  language                493 

Poets,  lives                              928 

Practices  of  medicine             615 

Phonetic  short-hand                65^ 

Poisons                                      615 

Prayer                                        217 

"       spelling                     421 

Poland                                     949 

Prayer-meetings                       247 

Phonography                            653 

Polar  Regions,  geography      919 

Preaching  and  preachers        250 

Phonology                                 414 

Polar  seas                         998,  999 

Precedents                                343 

Photographic  chemistry          771 

Police                                       354 

Precious  metals                        549 

Photographs                             773 

Polish  language                        497 

Predestination                          231 

Photography                             770 

Politeness                                 177 

Pregnancy                                618 

Photo-lithography                   775 

Political  associations               363 

Pre-historic  archaeology          571 

Phrase-books,  see  language. 

"         economy                     330 

Presbyterians                           284 

Phrenology                                139 

"        essays                        329 

Prescriptions                            615 

Phthisis                                    616 

"        institutions                363 

Press,  liberty  of                        324 

Physical  education                  613 

"        science                      320 

Primeval  man                           571 

geography                 551 

"        sermons                     256 

Primitive  Christianity            270 

Physics                                      530 

"        speeches                    329 

Primogeniture                          322 

"        molecular                 539 

Polity,  ecclesiastical                262 

Printing                                     655 

Physiognomy                             138 

Polygamy                          173,  345 

Prints                                         769 

Physiography                             551 

Polygraphy                                 40 

Prison  associations                  362 

Physiology                                 612 

Polynesia,  botany                     589 

"      institutions                   365 

"           comparative          591 

customs  and  costumes        399 

Prisons                                      365 

Physiology,  mental                  131 

ecclesiastical  history            279 

Private  grounds                       712 

"           vegetable               581 

geography                             919 

"       worship                        248 

Piano-forte                                786 

geology                                 559 

Privateers                                 341 

Picture  galleries                      759 

history                                   996 

Probabilities                            519 

Piedmont                                 945 

languages                              499 

Production                                338 

Pig                                            636 

statistics                                319 

Productions  of  vhe  soil           533 

Piracy                                        345 

travels                                   919 

Progress  of  civilization          312 

Pisciculture                               639 

Polyps                                      593 

"            of  population     313 

Plague                              616,  614 

5olytheism                               290 

Prohibited  books                      28 

Planets                                      523 

:>omology                                  634 

Prohibition                                178 

Plans  for  building                   692 

5onds,  artificial                        714 

Projectiles                        358,531 

Plants                                      .  580 

Poor                                         339 

Projection                                 744 

landscape  gardening            716 

"     laws                                  343  Promissory  notes                    343 

paleontology                         561 

'opery                                       282 

Pronunciation,  see  orthoepy. 

Platonic  philosophy                184 

Copulation                               312 

Property                                    331 

36 


Property  tax                             336  Pyrites                                       549!  Religious  philosophy              201 

Prophecy                                   231  Pyrotechnics                             662  Remains                                    560 

Prophetical  books  of  Bible     2241  Pyrrhonism                               186!  Rents                                         333 

Prose  composition,  Greek      485 

Pythagorean  philosophy         182 

Repentance                       234,  241 

"              "              Latin       475 

Qimdrumana               599 

Reptiles                                   598 

Prosody,  comparative             416 

Quadrupeds                             599 

"       palaeontology               568 

English                                  426 

Quakers                                     289 

Republican  institutions           324 

French                                   446 

Qualitative  Analysis                54^ 

Resistance  of  materials          691 

German                                 436 

Quantitative       "                      545 

Resurrection                             236 

Greek                                   486 

Quarantine                               614 

Retribution                               237 

Italian                                    456 

Quaternions                              518 

Revealed  religion                    231 

Latin                                      4?6 

Quotations                819,  829,  etc. 

Revelation                                231 

Spanish                                 466 

Race-Horse                  798 

Revenue                                   336 

See  Language. 

Races,  history                           5/2 

Reviews,  see  periodicals. 

Prostitution                     618,  176 

Racing                                       798 

Revivals                                    269 

Protection                                337 

Radiates                                    593 

Revolution,  American            973 

Protestant  episcopal                283 

"         paleontology             5^3 

"             French                 944 

Protestantism                   283-289 

Railroad  engineering               625 

Rhetoric                                    815 

"           and  Romanism  282 

"         locomotives              621 

"         sacred                      251 

Protoplasm                                576 

Railroads                                  385 

Rhode  Island                          974 

Protozoa                                  593 

Railways,  laws  of                    343 

Rhododendon                           582 

paleontology                         563 

Rain                                           551 

Riddles                    819,  829,  etc. 

Provencal  language                 449 

Rank                                        322 

Riding                                       798 

Proverbs,  and  quotations       819 

Rationalism                       211,155 

Right  of  search                      341 

"           Bible                        223 

Readers,  English                     428 

Rights  and  liberties                 342 

Providence                              214 

"         see  texts 

Riots                                        343 

Provincialisms         427,  437,  etc. 

Reading,  art  of                        815 

Ritualism                                  244 

Pruning                             634,  715 

Reading  courses                  15,  16 

River  transportation               387 

Prussia                                      943 

"         for  self-education    374 

Rivers                                      551 

Psalms                                       223 

Real  estate  law                       343 

Roads                                        625 

Pseudonyms                               14 

Reason                                     155 

Rocky  mountains             557,  917 

Psychology                                140 

Rebellion,  southern                973  Rodentia                                    599 

Public  accounts                       336 

Recipe  books                           640 

Roman  antiquities                   937 

"       buildings                        725 

Recreation                                790 

"       architecture                 722 

"       charities                       361 

Reformation                              274 

"       catholics                      282 

"       documents                    328 

Reformatory  associations       364 

"       history,  ancient          937 

"       funds                             336 

"            institutions        364 

"      modern           945 

"       health                            614 

Reformed  church                    289 

"       literature                    870 

"       houses                           390 

Regeneration                            234 

"       law                             349 

"       lands 

Regimen                                   613 

"       mythology                   292 

"       meetings 

Regulations  of  armies           355 

"       sculpture                    733 

"       schools                         378 

"           of  navies             359 

Romance  languages        440-469 

"       speaking  •                    815 

Religion  and  science               215 

Romance                                 813 

"       worship                         246 

"              sermons             255 

English                                  823 

Pulpit  oratory                          250 

Religions,  Non-Christian       290 

French                                 843 

Pumps                                       532 

Religious  anecdotes                249 

German                                 833 

Punctuation,  English              421 

"         associations             362 

Italian                                   853 

Punishment                              345 

"        biography                922 

Religious                              249 

Puritans                              277,  289 

"        education                377 

Spanish                                 863 

Puseyism                           244,  283 

"         fiction                       249 

Romansh  language                  459 

Pygmies                                    599 

"        institutions              362 

Rome,  ancient                          937 

Pyramids                          916,  932 

"        orders                       271 

"       modern                         945 

37 


Romish  church 

282 

Schleswig-Holstein 

943 

Shrubbery 

716 

Rope-making 

677 

Science,  Natural 

500 

Siam 

959 

Rubber  manufactures 

675 

biography  of 

925 

Siberia 

957 

Ruminants 

599 

Scientific  societies 

506 

Sicily 

945 

Rural  architecture 

728 

"          travels 

508 

Sick-room 

649 

Rural  sports 

796 

Scotland 

941 

Sieges                               355, 

623 

Russia 

947 

Scotch  language 

496 

Sight 

536 

Russian  America 

977 

"       philosophy 

192 

"      hygiene 

613 

language 

497 

Scriptures 

220 

Signals 

656 

Sat>batarian§ 

289 

Scrofulous  diseases 

616 

Sign  painting 

698 

Sabbath 

263 

Sculpture 

730 

Silk  culture 

638 

"        reform 

263 

Sculptors'  lives 

927 

"     manufacture 

677 

"        schools 

268 

Seamanship 

656,  527 

"     worm                       595, 

638 

Sacrament  of  baptism 

264 

Secession 

342 

Silver  metal 

549 

"               Lord's  Supper 

265 

Second  advent 

236 

"     mines 

628 

Sacred  biography 

922 

"       sight 

133 

"     money 

332 

"       rhetoric 

251 

Secret  societies 

366 

Sin 

233 

Sacrifices 

221 

Sects,  Christian 

280 

Singing 

784 

Saddlery 

686 

Secular  education 

377 

Sisters  of  Mercy 

362 

Sailors 

387 

Self-culture 

374 

Skating 

796 

St.  Domingo 

979 

"    education 

374 

Skepticism 

211 

Sale  catalogues  of  books     17,18 

Semitic  languages 

493 

Skin  diseases 

616 

Salt  manufacture 

664 

"       literature 

893 

Skye 

941 

Salvation 

234 

Sensation 

152 

Slander                             177, 

345 

Sandwich  Islands 

996 

Sensational  psychology 

US 

Slang                       427,  437, 

etc. 

Sanitary  commissions 

364 

Sense 

152 

Slating 

695 

U.  S. 

36i 

Sepulchres 

718 

Slavery 

326 

"         measures 

614 

Sepulture 

614 

Slavic  language 

497 

Sanscrit  language 

494 

Sermons 

252-259 

"     literature 

897 

Sardinia 

945 

Serpents 

598 

Sleep 

J35 

Satan 

235 

Servants 

647 

"      walking 

J35 

Satire 

817 

Servia 

949 

Small-pox                         616, 

614 

English 

827 

Sewerage 

614 

Soap-making 

664 

French 

847 

Sewing 

681 

Social  ethics 

177 

German 

837 

Sewing  machine 

68  1 

Social  science 

300 

Italian 

857 

Sex  in  education 

376 

Social  worship 

247 

Latin 

877 

Sexual  ethics 

176 

Socialisms 

335 

Spanish 

867 

Sexual  science 

618 

Societies,  fine  arts 

706 

Savings  banks 

332 

Sexes 

136 

"          general 

60 

Saxon  language 

429 

Shades  and  shadows 

744 

"           history 

906 

Saxons 

943 

Shakers 

289 

"          literature 

806 

Scandinavia 

948 

Shakesperiana 

822 

"           natural  science 

506 

Scandinavian  language 

498 

Sheep 

636 

philology 

406 

"          literature 

898 

Shells 

594 

"           philosophy    • 

1  06 

Scepticism 

211 

"        fossil 

564 

"           science 

506 

Scholastic  philosophy 

198 

Shemitic  languages 

493 

"          secret 

366 

Schools 

378 

Ship-building 

699 

"          sociology 

306 

"        Sunday 

268 

"     canals 

626,  387 

"          theology 

206 

School  architecture 

727 

Shipping  laws 

346 

"          useful  arts 

606 

"      houses 

727 

Shoemaking 

686,675 

Society 

177 

Schools  of  art 

707 

Shooting 

799 

Sociology 

300 

"           painting         7S3~75° 

Short-hand 

653 

"      biography  of 

923 

38 


Socratic  philosophy 
Soils 

183  State 
631      "      ethics 

320!  Swedenborgians 
172  Swimming 

289 
796 

Solar  system 

523 

"      papers 

328 

Swine 

636 

Soldiers 

355 

"      rights 

342 

Switzerland 

949 

Somnambulism 

*35 

"      trials 

345 

Syllogism 

160 

Songs 

784 

Statesmen,  lives 

923  Symbolism 

219 

Sonnets,  see  poetry. 

Statics 

53  1 

Synonyms,  English 

424 

Sophist  philosophy 

183 

Statistical  methods 

3" 

"           French 

444 

Sorcery 

i33 

Statistics 

310 

"           German 

434 

Soul 

233 

Statuary 

730 

Greek 

484 

Sound 

535 

Statute-law 

343 

"           Italian 

454 

South  Africa 

968 

Steam-engine 

621 

"           Latin 

474 

botany 

586 

"       fitting 

696 

"           Spanish 

464 

geography 

916 

"       navigation 

527,  656 

See  language. 

South  America, 

980 

Steel 

669 

Syphilis 

616 

botany 

588 

"     engraving 

762 

Syria 

956 

customs  and  costumes 

398 

Stenography 

653 

Syriac  language 

493 

ecclesiastical  history 

278 

Stereotyping 

655 

Syro-Chaldaic 

493 

geography 

918 

Sterescopes  and  views 

776 

Systematic  botany 

582 

geology 

558 

Stethoscope 

616 

Tableaux 

791 

history 

980 

Stipple  engraving 

765 

Tables,  dining 

643 

statistics 

3i8 

Stock,  live 

636 

Tables,  mathematical 

5J4 

travels 

918 

Stocks 

333 

Tactics 

355 

South  Carolina 

976 

Stoic  philosophy 

188 

Tailoring 

681 

"      seas 

999 

Stoneware 

673 

Takigrafy 

653 

Southern  States 

976 

Storms 

55  1  ',  Tales,  see  romance. 

Spain 

946 

Stills 

663  Tanning 

675 

Spanish  language 

460 

Strategy 

355  Tariffs 

337 

"        literature 

860 

Strawberries 

634 

Tartary 

959 

"        philosophy 

196 

Stringed  instruments 

787 

Taste  and  criticism 

701 

Specie  payment 

332 

Study  methods 

37i 

Taxation 

336 

Specifications  for  building 

692 

Stuttering 

616 

Taxidermy 

579 

Specters 

133 

Sublime  and  beautiful 

701 

Tea  cultivation 

633 

Spectroscope 

536 

Submarine  telegraph 

384 

Teachers  and  teaching 

37i 

Spectrum  analysis 

544 

Succession 

323 

Technology,  chemical 

660 

Speeches,  see  oratory. 

Suffrage 

324 

Teeth 

611,  617 

Spherical  astronomy 

52i 

Sugar-cane 

633 

Tehuantepec 

978 

"          geometry 

S13 

Sugar  manufacture 

664 

Telegraph 

384 

"          trigonometry 

5M 

"       planting 

633 

Telegraphy 

654 

Spiders 

595 

Suicide 

131 

Telescope 

536,  522 

Spinoza's  philosophy 

*47 

Sumatra 

992 

Temperaments 

137 

Spiritualism 

J33 

Summer-houses 

717 

Temperance 

178 

Spontaneous  Generation 

577 

Sun 

523 

Temperature 

55i,  534 

Sports 

796 

Sunda 

992 

Templars 

366 

Stables  ' 

636 

Sunday-schools 

268 

Tennessee 

976 

Stage 

792 

Supernaturalism 

133 

Testacea 

594 

Stained  glass 

745 

Superstition 

133 

Testament,  New 

225 

Stammering 

616 

Surgery 

617 

Old 

221 

Stamps 

383 

Surnames 

929 

Testamentary  law 

343 

Standing  army 

355 

Surveying 

622 

Testimony 

343 

Starch  manufacture 

664 

Susceptibility 

157 

Texas 

976 

Stars 

523 

Sweden 

948 

Textile  fabrics 

677 

39 


Texts,  comparative                  418 

Trades  mechanic                     680 

Upholstering                           645 

"       English                          428 

"       unions          367,  606,  331 

Uruguay                                    989 

u       French                           448 

Tragedies,  see  drama. 

Useful  arts.                             600 

"       German                         438 

Transactions    106,  206,  306,  etc. 

biography  of                        926 

"      Greek,  with  notes        488 

Transcendentalism                  142 

Usury                                       334 

"           "        without  notes  880 

Translation,  Greek  authors   880 

Utah                                         977 

"       Italian                            458 

"            Latin  authors    870 

Va§e§                                738 

"       Latin,  with  notes         478 

Transportation        380,  656,  345 

Vaudois                             272,  949 

"          "      without  notes    870 

Transubstantiation                   282 

Vegetable  physiology              581 

"       Spanish                         468 

Transylvania                            943 

practice                  615 

Thanksgiving                           244 

Trapping                                 639 

Vegetables                                635 

Theater,  see  drama. 

Travels                                    910 

Vegetarianism                          613 

"         ethics                          175 

"        scientific                    508 

Venereal  diseases                   616 

Theaters                                  792 

Treason                                     345 

Venezuela                                987 

Theatricals                              792 

Treasury                                   352 

Venice                                      945 

Theft                                      345 

Trees                                        580 

Ventilation                                697 

Theism                                     211 

Trees,  ornamental                   715 

Ventriloquism                          133 

Theodicy                          231,  214 

Trespass                                  345 

Vermont                                    974 

Theological  doctrine               230 

Trials                                       340 

Versification                            811 

essays                   204 

Trigonometry                          514 

Vertebrates                              596 

Theology                                   200 

Trilobites                                 565 

"          paleontology       566 

"         biography  of         922 

Trinity                                       232 

Veterinary  medicine               619 

"         devotional              240 

Troubadours                    449,  841 

Villas                                         728 

"        natural                   210 

Trunk-making                         686 

Violin                                       787 

"        practical                 240 

Trusts  and  trustees                 344 

Virginia                                     976 

Theoretical  astronomy           521 

Tungusic  language                 499 

Virtue                                       170 

chemistry             541 

Tunnels                                     625 

Vision                                      536 

11            ethics                   171 

Turkey                                     949 

Visions  and  dreams                135 

Therapeutics                           615 

"      in  Asia                        956 

Vital  principle                  576,  612 

Thibet                                      951 

Turkish  baths                          613 

Vocal  culture                   784,  815 

Thirty-nine  articles                  283 

"        language                   499 

"      music                            784 

Thomsonianism                       615 

Turning                                     674 

Voice                                        784 

Thought                                    153 

Tuscany                                     945 

Volcanoes                                553 

Throat  diseases                       616 

Type  founding                          671 

Voyages                                    910 

Thunder                                    537 

Typography                              655 

Wages                                 331 

Tides                                        521 

Tyrol                                        943 

Wakefulness                            135 

Tiling                                       695 

Understanding            153 

Waldenses                       272,  945 

Timber                                     691 

Uniforms                                   355 

Wales                                      942 

Tin  manufacture                      671 

Unitarians                                 288 

Walks                                      713 

"    mineral                             549 

United  States                  324,  973 

Wallachian  language              459 

Tithes                                      336 

botany                                  587 

War  ethics                              172 

Tobacco                   615,  178,  633 

customs  and  costumes        397 

"     science                    355-359 

Toilet                                       646 

ecclesiastical  history           277 

Warehouses                            380 

Tolls                                         336 

geography                             917 

Warming                                   697 

Tombs                                      718 

geology                                557 

Washing                                  648 

Topographical  engineering    622 

history                                   973 

Washington  territory              977 

Topography                               910 

statistics                                317 

Watch-making                         683 

Toxicology                                615 

travels                                  917 

Water,  artificial  ponds,  etc.  714 

Tractarianism                   244,  283 

Universal  History                   909 

"       colors                          751 

Tract  society                           362 

Universalism                            288 

"       cure                             615 

Trade                                       380 

Universities                             378 

"       wheels                 531,  621 

Trade  marks                          608 

University  education              373 

"       works                          628 

40 


Watering-places 

6i3 

Whist 

795 

Wool  manufactures 

677 

Wax  flowers 

745 

Will 

r59 

Working  classes 

33i 

Wealth 

33  1 

Wills 

343 

Worship 

246-248 

Weather 

55i 

Wind  instruments 

788 

Writing 

651 

Weaving 

677 

Wine 

663 

"        short-hand 

653 

Weights  and  measures 

389 

Wisconsin 

977 

Xylography 

655 

Welch  language 

496 

Wit                  819,  829, 

839,  etc. 

Year  ISook* 

313 

West  Indies 

979 

Witchcraft 

J33 

Yellow  fever 

616 

"      Virginia 

976 

Woman,  education 

376 

Young  men's  association        362 

Western  States 

977 

"        suffrage 

324 

Zodiac 

52i 

Whale 

599 

Wood  engraving 

761 

Zoology 

590 

Whale  fisheries 

639 

"       manufactures 

674 

Zoophytes 

593 

Wheat 

633 

Wool 

636 

Zoroaster 

295 

Whigs 

324 

EXPLANATIONS. 


THE  titles  of  the  subject  catalogue  are  exact  transcriptions  of  the  title  page, 
neither  amended,  translated,  or  in  any  way  altered,  except  that  mottoes,  titles  of 
authors,  repetitions,  or  matter  of  any  kind  not  essential  to  a  clear  titular  descrip 
tion,  are  omitted.  Omissions  of  mottoes  are  indicated  by  three  stars  (*  *  #); 
of  other  matter  by  three  dots  ( •  .  • ).  The  phraseology,  spelling,  and  punc 
tuation  of  the  title  are  exactly  copied ;  but  capitals  are  given  only  to  proper  names 
and  adjectives,  and  initial  words  of  sentences.  Any  additions  needed  to  make 
the  title  clear  are  supplied  and  enclosed  by  brackets. 

After  the  titles,  are  given  in  order:  the  place  of  publication;  the  year;  the 
year  of  copyright,  if  different,  in  brackets;  the  edition;  the  number  of  volumes, 
or  of  pages  if  in  only  one  volume;  the  illustrations,  maps,  plates,  or  portraits; 
and  the  size  nearest  in  the  arbitrary  scale,  regardless  of  the  fold  of  the  sheet. 
This  scale  gives  the  heights  in  decimeters.  Square  and  oblong  books  have  the  size 
prefixed  by  sq.  or  ob.  Books  1  decimeter  high  are  called  32°;  1.5  deci.,  16°;  2 
deci.,  12°;  2.5  deci.,  8°;  3  deci.,  4°;  and  all  others  are  marked  simply  by  the 
nearest  height,  i.  e.  a  book  marked  4  is  between  3.5  and  4.5  decimeters  high.  In 
books  having  more  than  one  pagination  the  number  of  pages  is  indicated  by 
giving  the  last  number  of  each  pagination  connected  by  a  0 ;  an  added  -j-  indicates 
additional  matter  unpaged. 

These  imprint  entries  give  the  facts  regardless  of  the  title  page,  and  are  left 
blank  only  when  they  can  be  ascertained  neither  from  the  book  itself  or  other 
sources. 

The  contents  of  volumes  are  given  when  on  title  pages,  or  when  necessary  to 
properly  identify  the  volume,  but  no  analysis  is  attempted.  -Necessary  notes  are 
given  at  the  bottom  of  the  subject  card  after  the  imprint  entries. 

Duplicates  are  simply  marked  copy  2,  copy  3,  etc.,  and  bear  the  same  class  and 
book  number,  but  editions  of  the  same  book  distinct  in  character  are  catalogued 
separately. 

In  all  the  catalogues,  books  are  entered  under  the  surnames  of  authors  when 
known;  under  the  initials  of  author's  names,  when  these  only  appear,  the  last 
initial  being  put  first;  under  the  pseudonyms  of  the  writers,  when  the  real  names 
are  not  ascertained;  under  the  names  of  editors  of  collections;  under  the  names  of 
countries,  cities,  societies,  or  other  bodies  which  are  responsible  for  their  publication ; 


42 

under  the  first  word  not  an  article  of  the  titles  of  periodicals  and  of  anonymous 
books  the  names  of  whose  authors  are  not  ascertained.  Commentaries  with  the 
text,  and  translations  are  entered  under  the  heading  of  the  original  work,  but  com 
mentaries  without  the  text  are  entered  under  the  name  of  the  commentator.  The 
Bible  or  any  part  of  it  in  any  language  is  entered  under  the  word  Bible.  Books 
having  more  than  one  author  are  entered  under  the  first  named  on  the  title. 

In  the  headings  of  titles,  the  names  of  authors  are  given  in  their  vernacular 
form.  In  English  and  French  surnames  beginning  with  a  prefix  (except  the 
French  de  and  d')  the  name  is  recorded  under  the  prefix.  In  other  languages 
and  in  French  names  beginning  with  de  and  d',  the  name  is  recorded  under  the 
word  following  the  prefix  Compound  surnames  are  entered  under  the  first  part 
of  the  name.  Noblemen  and  ecclesiastical  dignitaries  are  entered  under  their 
family  names,  but  sovereigns,  princes,  oriental  writers,  friars,  persons  canonized,  and 
all  other  persons  known  only  by  their  first  name,  are  entered  under  this  first  name. 

The  catalogue  is  not  a  biographical  dictionary,  so  only  gives  the  names  of 
authors  with  sufficient  fullness  to  distinguish  them  from  each  other  in  practical 
use. 

Names  in  full  face  type  are  the  ruling  headings  under  which  the  books  are 
entered  in  the  various  catalogues.  Entries  not  beginning  with  this  type  are  in 
addition  to  the  first  or  main  entry,  and  are  made  under  the  names  of  translators, 
editors,  commentators,  continuators,  etc.,  as  participators  in  the  authorship;  also  in 
the  case  of  books  having  more  than  one  author,  or  having  both  generic  and  spe 
cific  titles,  or  published  by  societies  or  other  bodies,  and  having  also  the  name  of 
the  individual  author.  These  additional  entries  are  made  in  order  to  carry  out 
the  plan  bf  the  Authors'  Catalogue,  which  aims  to  give  under  each  author's  name 
all  his  works  which  the  library  contains. 

The  works  of  an  author  known  by  more  than  one  name  are  given  all  together, 
under  the  form  of  name  chosen.  Any  other  name  or  title  by  which  he  may  be 
known,  if  it  differs  in  the  first  three  letters,  is  entered  in  its  alphabetical  place, 
followed  by  the  word  see  and  the  name  under  which  the  books  are  entered.  Such 
cross  references  have  no  titles  given  under  them,  but  are  simply  guides  to  the 
name  chosen. 

A  single  dash  indicates  the  omission  of  the  preceding  heading;  a  subsequent 
dash  indicates  the  omission  of  a  subordinate  heading  or  of  a  title.  A  dash  con 
necting  numbers  signifies  to  and  including ;  following  a  number  it  signifies  continua 
tion.  A  ?  following  a  word  or  entry  signifies  probably.  Brackets  enclose  words 
added  to  titles  or  changed  in  form. 

The  German  diphthongs  a,  o,  ii  are  written,  ae,  oe,  ue. 

Dates  are  all  given  in  years  of  the  common  calendar,  and  Arabic  numerals  are 
uniformly  used  for  all  numbei 


UNIVERSITY 
or 


SUBJECT    CATALOGUE. 


THE  SUBJECT  CATALOGUE  on  large  cards,  can  be  used  to  advantage  only  with 
the  aid  of  the  Classification  or  Index.  To  find  what  the  library  has  on  any  given 
subject,  find  from  the  Index  the  class  number  of  that  subject.  Under  this  num 
ber  in  the  Subject  Catalogue  will  be  found  the  full  titles  of  the  books,  with 
imprints,  cross  references,  and  notes.  The  class  number,  by  which  the  cards 
are  arranged,  is  given  in  the  upper  left  corner  and  immediately  under  it  the  book 
number.  Any  other  class  number  given  in  the  left  hand  margin  refers  to  another 
subject  of  which  the  book  also  treats.  When  the  class  number  at  the  top  is  fol 
lowed  by  an  additional  figure  in  brackets,  the  subject  as  given  in  the  printed 
scheme  has  been  subdivided  in  arranging  the  cards.  This  subdivision  will  be 
found  on  the  first  card  of  the  catalogue  which  bears  this  class  number.  These 
figures  in  brackets  determine  the  arrangement  of'  the  titles  in  the  Catalogue,  but 
on  the  shelves,  in  the  Shelf 'Catalogue,  and  in  calling  for  and  charging  books, 
they  are  entirely  disregarded.  Thus  a  book  numbered  942(7)-14  would  be  in  the 
Catalogue  among  the  942  cards  arranged  by  the  figure  in  brackets  as  though  it 
were  a  decimal,  but  it  would  be  called  for  as  942-14,  the  brackets  indicating  that 
the  final  classing  was  limited  to  the  Catalogue  and  was  not  extended  to  the 
shelves.  If  a  fourth  figure  is  added  without  brackets,  the  final  classing  is 
extended  to  the  shelves  as  well  as  to  the  catalogue,  and  all  the  figures  must  be 
used  in  calling  for  the  book.  In  such  cases  the  added  figure  is  treated  as  a  deci 
mal  in  the  arrangement,  though  the  decimal  point  is  not  written. 

The  last  card  which  bears  any  class  number,  gives  under  that  number,  followed 
by  the  word  SEE,  the  call  numbers  of  other  books  which  treat  of  the  same  subject, 
but  are  classed  elsewhere.  General  cross  references  are  also  made  in  many  cases 
without  specifying  individual  books,  as  from  Commerce  as  a  question  of  SOCIAL 
SCIENCE  (380)  to  Commerce  as  a  USEFUL  ART,  Book-keeping  Business  Manuals,  etc. 
(650).  In  such  cases  there  is  a  card  under  380,  SEE  650  and  under  650,  SEE  380. 
From  whatever  stand-point  a  subject  is  approached  the  cross  references  guide  at 
once  to  the  same  subject  treated  in  its  other  relations.  These  cross  references 
both  general  and  specific  are  often  accompanied  by  brief  notes,  characterizing 
the  books  to  which  reference  is  made.  There  will  be  found  at  the  beginning  of 
many  class  numbers,  a  card  noting  the  most  reliable  books  on  that  subject,  and 
the  best  of  the  articles  in  periodicals,  transactions,  and  collected  works  with  the 
volume  and  page  where  they  may  be  found.  It  is  hoped  to  give  special  promi 
nence  to  these  notes  for  the  guidance  of  readers,  and  they  will  be  added  as  rapidly 
as  other  duties  allow. 

Many  subjects  will  have  no  sub-section  cards  at  the  beginning;  some  will 
have  no  reference  cards  at  the  end;  and  some  may  have  no  titles  given  under  the 
number.  The  scheme  provides  a  place  for  books  on  all  subjects,  whether  the 
library  has  them  or  not,  so  where  no  titles  are  given  under  a  class  number  it  shows 
that  the  library  has  as  yet  no  books  on  that  subject. 

Articles  in  periodicals  and  transactions,  separate  volumes  of  sets  and  collec 
tions  which  are  located  together,  if  catalogued  are  put  under  their  proper  sub 
ject  number,  but  no  look  number  is  given  with  it.  The  call  number  of  the  book, 
where  they  may  be  found,  is  always  given  in  the  margin  preceded  by  the  word 
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